The US Patent and Trademark Office in a preliminary decision, a patent 6.125.447, that is in the hands of Oracle, declared invalid. Losing the Oracle again ammunition in the patentzaak that it has filed against Google.
The relevant patent of the former Sun describes a method of security applications to protect with the help of ‘protection domains’, but the USPTO has decided that the patent is invalid. As a reason called the patent office that a patent from 1994 as ‘prior art’ can be seen. Patent 6.125.447 would only three years later, granted.
With the decision of the USPTO will lose the Oracle again ammunition in a patentzaak against Google has brought. According to Oracle, it violates Googles Android mobile operating system certainly seven Java patents, but the Us patent office now has all five of them, in whole or in part declared to be invalid. Oracle, however, can still appeal about the final decision of the USPTO and higher appeal.
By the invalidation of a Java patent, the lawsuit between Oracle and Google may be delayed, because all the patents again held against the light have to be, as a prosecutor opposite to H Open. That can be for both camps is bad news. Oracle, that billions of dollars in compensation demands of Google, the judge may have claims limit, while customers of Android for the time being in uncertainty remain, or they are claims of Oracle on their pants. In addition, claiming to be Microsoft and Apple that smartphonefabrikanten guilty of patent infringement.