The second phase of the three part trial has gone a different path than the first part. The jury had decided in the first part that Google had infringed on Oracles patents, but at the conclusion Oracle was not allowed to pursue any judgement against Oracle, tipping off those in the know that the future looked bleak for Oracle in this case.
Now the judge, who has written Java software himself, pointed out that, in my language, that you can patent the ladder, but you can't patent the window you want to go into. You can patent the tool, but you can't patent what the tool does.
This is the foundation for patent law, a guiding principle that the control freaks guarding the money bins lose sight of so easily.
Price your product too high, (which you have to do to buy a mass of marketing, a slew of patents, and a gaggle of high priced patent lawyers, and somebody creative will invent a more efficient method of doing the same thing.
And yes, God DOES take a side in this. When ever poor people complain that they've been shut out, God LISTENS.
Now the judge, who has written Java software himself, pointed out that, in my language, that you can patent the ladder, but you can't patent the window you want to go into. You can patent the tool, but you can't patent what the tool does.
This is the foundation for patent law, a guiding principle that the control freaks guarding the money bins lose sight of so easily.
Price your product too high, (which you have to do to buy a mass of marketing, a slew of patents, and a gaggle of high priced patent lawyers, and somebody creative will invent a more efficient method of doing the same thing.
And yes, God DOES take a side in this. When ever poor people complain that they've been shut out, God LISTENS.
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