Re:Oracle Ordered to Reduce Claims Against Google From 132 to 3
by tzs on Thursday May 05, 2011 @12:10PM
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Note that the order is only that the other claims be permanently abandoned against this one product. Suppose Google loses, and ends up having to pay royalties to Oracle for their current incarnation of Android.
At some point, Google then releases a new version of Android, where they have changed the parts that were found to infringe so as to not infringe in their opinion, and stop paying royalties.
Is that a new product?
My guess is that for purposes of this kind of order, it would be.
At some point, Google then releases a new version of Android, where they have changed the parts that were found to infringe so as to not infringe in their opinion, and stop paying royalties.
Is that a new product?
My guess is that for purposes of this kind of order, it would be.