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bane on Feb 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle vs Google: PTO declares 5th Oracle patent i...

if there's ever a case that demonstrates the shoddiness software patents that are granted these days it's this one.

Only 1 of 10 original patents in the suit remain as valid! (and I'd bet a dollar that one will go away as well)

If that's extended out to all granted patents, fully 90% of software patents might be invalid.

Danieru on Feb 24, 2012 | [–]

Its worse than that. These are supposed to be Oracle's 'good' patents.

Imagine how bad the patents that they didn't even bother suing over are!

Tuna-Fish on Feb 24, 2012 | [–]

> (and I'd bet a dollar that one will go away as well)

I think it's probably not going to, but, it's a patent that Google can engineer around without a difficulty.

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