It seems patents are no longer used just for defense in software. In
Apple vs HTC,
Microsoft vs TomTom,
Microsoft vs SalesForce and now Oracle vs Google patents and lawyers are out for a fight. This will certainly be another public show case of whats rotten in the state of patents today. Its all about abstract properties piled up so tall that we cant see where uses of information and calculation is someones exclusive rights.
Its a shame since Java and the Java VM had so much community going for it. Now everyone will be less interested in building on something that you might as well be sued for contributing to.
I will just refer to the swpat.org page about this case at:
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Oracle_v._Google_%282010,_USA%29
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