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USPTO Rejects Many of Oracle's Android Claims

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-outta-here-with-that-nonsense dept.

sfcrazy writes "In yet another setback for Oracle, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected 17 of 21 claims associated with one of the patents in Java that Oracle asserted Google had violated with Android. Groklaw reports, 'In the reexamination of U.S. Patent 6192476 the USPTO has issued an office action in which it rejects 17 of the patent's 21 claims.'"

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  1. Software Patent Rejections by TheNinjaroach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    17 down, tens to hundreds of thousands to go.

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  2. Re:Liability by Speare · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Personally liable"? What kind of asshole are you? If it's truly an individual examiner's fault, maybe hold them personally accountable, such as a bad mark on their annual performance evaluation. But extracting financial restitution for multi-million dollar damages between two major corporations, from some mid-level technician doing what they thought was their job, is not reasonable. Hyperbole does not help the discourse.

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