Worldwide sales show in the second quarter of 2010, the Google Android Smartphone passing the iPhone, which shows the company with the motto “Do no evil” is soon going to have some issues. Google Inc. is being sued by Oracle Corp. because Oracle’s Java copyright was violated with the Android OS, reports the Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit pits Oracle CEO Larry Ellison against Google founder Eric Schmidt, a former Sun chief technology officer. Oracle became the owner of the company that made Java, Sun, in January 2010. Hundreds of devices use Java, including the Android Smartphone’s.
Seeking for damages in Oracle lawsuit
The WSJ says the Oracle lawsuit wants “unspecific damages and an injunction against ‘continued acts of infringement’ by Google.” The public has yet to hear from Google who everyone thought was allowed to use the free open-source Java licenses, since Sun would give these out to many. A deal between Google and Oracle never was announced to the public. If the California court decides to grant the injunction, developers would be barred from creating applications for Android OS when any and all Android shipments would cease.
Safeguarding all of your intellectual property
While Sun’s business practices centered on a healthy respect for open-source software and free exchange of ideas, Oracle “takes a lot more care in terms of protecting its IP, and Java is one of the crown jewels of the Sun acquisition,” tech analyst Ray Wang told the Journal. Keeping its IP may be essential to Oracle because, as PC World suggests, it is trying to stay away from the U.S. government because of tax evasion that’s been happening. Now the company is rivaling Google rather than Microsoft, a court system is looked to in order to get some more money flowing in.
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PC World
pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203336/oracles_fall_from_tech_giant_to_patent_troll.html?tk=hp_new
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704407804575426122820659864.html
“Trade the Trend” report on the Oracle-Google lawsuit
youtube.com/watch?v=ooYOG00oXpY
