Thread: Oracle sues Google over Java patent infringement in Android
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2010-08-14 , 16:28
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Originally Posted by Matan View Post
The Microsoft suit was mostly about Trademarks. Since Google named their VM Davlik and not JVM, it is irrelevant.
The Sun vs Microsoft case was really about protecting Java since Microsoft wanted to subvert the standard - call it trademarks but really it was about avoiding a split in Java and the philosophy of write once run anywhere. To some degree the same applies here with Oracle vs. Google - Dalvik may potentially subvert (or at least steal mind share from) Java Mobile Edition on phones and according to Oracle it seems to be doing so by using Oracle patents and copying Oracle code/documentation.

Originally Posted by Matan View Post
What is the relvance of patents to Google's C&D letters which are solely about copyrights?

Can you actually point to Android fanboys defending patents?
No need to defend any patents as this case is also about copyright as well as patents. Google shouldn't apply double standards by using copyright law to defend it's own assets when (allegedly) also copying the assets of others.