Not to make light of the United States' broken legal system, but it's hard for me to take all these lawsuits over ideas very seriously. Apparently, the Hon. Willam Alsup agrees, and he has thrown out 129 of Oracle's claims against Google in the pending lawsuit, cutting down the number to three. The 129 dismissed claims also can't be refiled in Judge Alsup's court, or any other. From Judge Alsup's order:
Currently, there are 132 claims from seven patents asserted in this action, and there are hundreds of prior art references in play for invalidity defenses. This is too much. The following schedule will ensure that only a triable number of these items — three claims and eight prior art references — are placed before the jury in October, all others to be forsaken. Oracle will surrender all of its present infringement claims against Google based on the 129 asserted claims that will not be tried. Oracle may not renew those infringement claims in a subsequent action except as to new products.
I'm no lawyer, but it sounds to me like the news of Android's certain demise at the hands of Oracle's lawyers was a bit premature. (I still think Tim Bray says it best (NSFW)) We have no idea how the three claims that are left will be decided, but I am confident that the judge presiding over the case wants justice, and isn't pandering to the big corporations on either side. And that's all any of us should ask for. All you legal eagles can read more, including the full text of the order, at the source link.
Source: Groklaw. Thanks, Darrin!
Judge throws out 129 of Oracle's claims against Google, leaves 3 posted originally by Android Central
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