The company with the motto “Do no evil” certainly is going to have problems when within the second quarter of 2010 the Google Android smartphones sales passed the iPhone in worldwide sales. The Wall Street Journal reports that Oracle Corp. has sued Google Inc. for patent and copyright infringement, claiming the Android OS violates Oracle’s Java copyrights. Eric Schmidt, a previous Sun chief technology officer, who’s Google’s founder, and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison are against one an additional within the suit. 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
According to the WSJ, the Oracle lawsuit seeks “unspecific damages and an injunction against ‘continued acts of infringement’ by Google.” The public has yet to hear from Google who every person thought was allowed to use the free open-source Java licenses, since Sun would give these out to many. There was no official Oracle/Google deal that was announced. Android phone shipments would stop along with developers being barred from creating applications for Android OS if an injunction against Google is granted by the California court.
Keeping intellectual property safe
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 guarding its IP, and Java is one of the crown jewels of the Sun acquisition,” tech analyst Ray Wang told the Journal. Perhaps it is as PC World suggests, that Oracle clings to IP because the U.S. government is on its tail over tax evasion. Now the company is rivaling Google instead of Microsoft, a court system is looked to in order to get some more money flowing in.
Discover more info on this subject
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
