-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/16/10 05:07 , DanH wrote: > Having written 13 software patents, I'm well aware that many are > very weak, or, if not weak, very narrow. But proving all that in a > court of law is the trick -- the "presumption" is that the patent, > having been cleared by the patent office, is valid. (I'd have > several more patents if it weren't for the ones the PO rejected > because of supposed "prior art", even though the quoted "prior art" > had no relation to the area of my applications.)
Exactly. I don't think that Oracle made such an obvious mistake, even though the patents might be actually weak. They can anyway cause harm to Google with the trial thing. This only consolidates the idea that Oracle doesn't want to shut down Android, but come to a deal (maybe I'm wrong, but note that even though Oracle officially asked to withdraw and destroy Android, they didn't ask for a temporary suspension of Android activities until the trial is finished). If the deal is only money, it won't affect us in any way. If the deal is also about changes in the way Android is, it will affect us. I think there are both positive and negative outcomes - but until they come to a deal, we really can't know. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxo7g0ACgkQeDweFqgUGxdKiACdEHWE9jpxcpbONq9SttNgs3tP xZ4AnRyE3V5sQD2k5ASP4L3S9pLn2icg =Y+xk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
