Google responds to Oracle’s Android patent lawsuit, we break it down

It’s been just over a month and a half since Oracle first sued Google for infringing various Java-related patents in Android, and the big G’s just filed its official response to the lawsuit after calling it ” baseless .” For the most part, it’s a pretty standard answer to a patent complaint: Google says Android doesn’t infringe any of Oracle’s patents, and even if it does, those patents are invalid and / or unenforceable for a variety of reasons anyway, so, you know, shove it. That’s basically all Google — or any patent defendant — needs to say in the answer, and if that was it, we’d just note it and move on with our lives. But we were struck by the factual background section, which reads to us like Google’s geared up for war: it basically accuses Sun and Oracle of not playing fair when it comes to Java’s open-source license situation and directly implies that parts of Android are based on code that might require a patent license. It’s a little wonky, but let’s break it down: Continue reading Google responds to Oracle’s Android patent lawsuit, we break it down Google responds to Oracle’s Android patent lawsuit, we break it down originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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