Tag archive: Java

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dealt Oracle a bit of a setback in its high-stakes patent litigation against Google over Android. In a filing just before the Christmas holiday, the USPTO effectively threw out one of the seven patents Oracle is using against Google (full text available at Groklaw), rejecting some 17 of the 21 claims asserted in U.S. patent 6,192,476. Although only one of those claims was being leveraged against… Read More

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued findings on two of Oracle's Java-related patents at issue in the database giant's case against Google over the Java virtual machine included in Android. Perhaps most significantly, the USPTO rejected Oracle's patent claims on U.S. patent number 7,426,720, which has generally been considered one of the most important patents in the case, in part because it's one of the… Read More

The major patent and copyright infringement case between Google and Oracle over technology included in Android looks like it may be going to trial, just not anytime soon. Judge William Alsup issued his preliminary trial plan to both sides Wednesday, noting that the trial is not going to get started in 2011—and everyone involved had better get prepared for a long-drawn out proceeding rather than a quick summary trial. Judge Alsup outlined plans… Read More

A federal judge has ruled that Oracle may depose current Google CEO Larry Page in Oracle's lawsuit over Java technology in Android—but only for two hours, and only in matters relevant to the allegation of copyright infringement and Android's overall value to Google. The move is another way for Oracle to increase pressure on Google in what's turning into a high-stakes case: Oracle has said it believes it's owed at… Read More

Oracle's patent infringement claims against Google over the Dalvik virtual machine built into the Android operating system continues to escalate, with Oracle submitting a request to the judge in the case to depose current Google CEO Larry Page. Oracle argues questioning page is germane because Page participated in negotiations between Google and Sun (now owned by Oracle) over a license to use Java technology in Android. Further, Oracle… Read More

In a filing yesterday with the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, database giant Oracle revealed is seeking some $2.6 billion in damages from Google for alleged Java patent infringements in Google's Android mobile operating system. The damages figure is based on estimates from Boston University finance professor Iain Cockburn, who is serving as Oracles damages expert. Oracle also claimed Google has… Read More

Oracle's patent infringement suit against Google over the Java implementation in Android may be facing a significant setback: of the 21 patents Oracle claims Google is violating, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected 17 claims on re-examination. As a result, the judge in the case has asked both Oracle and Google to reduce the number of claims they are making against each other in order to avoid wasting the court's time… Read More

Online mobile application store GetJar—which competes with the iTunes App Store, Android Market, and other venues and claims the “largest open app store” in the world—has published the results of a global consumer survey it commissioned to look at mobile phone users' app usage, brand loyalty, and acceptance of in-app advertisements. The results: GetJar says about twice as many mobile phone users plan to switch to… Read More

Opera announced today the launch of its new mobile app store, reports CNet. The store is usable by anyone running Java, Symbian, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile operating systems. Apple's iOS is currently not supported. The online marketplace now offers over 140,000 mobile applications, including both the free and paid varieties. The apps are organized into a number of categories, including Featured, Free, Top 50, Top Picks, New and… Read More

Adobe's Flash media plug-in for Web browsers doesn't exactly have a stellar security record, requiring several urgent security updates to squelch zero-day exploits. However, computer security experts are now calling attention to Java, noting that many Internet users are running browsers with outdated Java implementations that contain serious security holes of their own. In a session at this year's RSA Conference in San… Read More

Last week, intellectual property expert Florian Mueller caused a stir by distributing a 46-page analysis in which he examined the source code files for Google's Android operating system and claimed to have found numerous instances where Google copied Oracle's Java code outright, or de-compiled it using software tools. The assertions seemed to back up Oracle's infringement suit against Google: that suit, if successful, could… Read More

Back in August, Oracle filed a patent infringment suit against Google, claiming that the open source Android operating system violated several Oracle patents by including proprietary technology from Sun Microsystems's Java implementation. Now, IP activist Florian Mueller has outlined several instances in the Android source where Google appears to have copied Java source code outright and included it in Android…all the way down to… Read More

In a controversial move, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee, the group responsible for standards surrounding the Java programming language and ratifying that Java releases—such as Java Standard Edition 7—meet specifications. The ASF supports a wide variety of open source projects; the organization's resignation is protest over long-standing governance issues within… Read More

Last month, Apple caused a tremor in the Java community by announcing it had officially deprecated the Java runtime including in Mac OS X, and warned developers that Java might not be present in future versions of Mac OS X, casting uncertainty over Java's future on the Mac. Now, Apple and Oracle are moving to allay those fears: the companies have announced a new OpenJDK project for Mac OS X that will make a Java SE 7 implementation… Read More

Apple has never been bashful about drawing lines in the sand surrounding its tightly-controlled iOS mobile platform, but the company has always been a little more inclusive with its Mac OS X desktop operating system. However, changes are afoot in the world of Mac OS X as well: Apple has officially deprecated Java, the cross-platform runtime environment developed by Sun and now owned by Oracle, and the company has decided not to include Adobe… Read More