Oracle case: Jury begins deliberations on patents

Arguments in the patents phase of the Oracle-Google trial ended yesterday and the jury is now discussing the issue. There are two patents at stake, US Patent 6,061,520 , for a method and system for performing static initialisation, and RE38,104 , for a method and apparatus for resolving data references in generated code. Oracle initially asserted seven patents as being infringed when it filed ...

Oracle's Expert Says Android Ripped Off Java Patents

Google's Android operating system infringes on two patents owned by Oracle, according to Stanford professor John Mitchell, an expert witness hired by Oracle in the ongoing court battle over Android and its use of the Java programming language.

An Actuary Proves Patents Aren’t Only for Engineers

An actuary describes the long and winding road to obtaining a patent — in his case, for a statistical sampling method that can be used by insurance companies.

Android developers never studied Sun's patents, testifies Google's Rubin

Google's engineers never studied other companies' patents while developing Android for fear of allowing those patents to influence their design decisions, Google's Android chief Andy Rubin testified on the stand Wednesday.

Android Developers Never Looked at Sun's Patents, Google's Rubin Testifies

Google's engineers never studied other companies' patents while developing Android for fear of allowing those patents to influence their design decisions...