[IP] Kodak wins Java lawsuit
My only opinion of that court ruling would most likely find me in
contempt. djf
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From: Bob Frankston <rmfxixB0406@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 3, 2004 2:09:22 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@xxxxxxxx>, Alan Kay <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Kodak wins Java lawsuit
Found this from Slashdot
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/03/1352252
In search I found an initial reference from Feb 13, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-836322.html
As far as I can tell Wang patented object invocation in the 1990’s. The
claims seem to describe a particular invocation and matching algorithm
but nothing especially novel. I’m also puzzled by how those patents are
extended to claim that byte code interpreters are in violation. I guess
all those programs from the 60’s and 70’s are now subject to
litigation.
Am I missing something here? I don't need to ask if the world has gone
mad – that’s a given. But what’s going on here?
I note that this story is from a Rochester paper …
http://www.rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041002/
BUSINESS/410020333&SearchID=73185676035359
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Kodak wins Java lawsuit
It returns to court next week to seek $1.06 billion in damages from Sun
What's at stake
Kodak will be asking a federal jury to award more than $1 billion in
damages in connection with a patent lawsuit. Analysts say the money
could help provide a financial cushion as Kodak shifts from chemical
to computerized imaging.
Ben Rand
Staff writer
(October 2, 2004) —
Eastman Kodak Co. will return to U.S. District Court next week to seek
$1 billion in damages from Sun Microsystems Inc. now that a federal
jury has ruled in its favor in a dispute over the Java computer
language.
The jury decided in Rochester on Friday that Sun infringed on
technology belonging to Kodak when it developed and introduced Java
more than a decade ago. The computer language is now used heavily by
software developers, on the Internet and in computer schools.
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Rochester's largest employer claimed during a three-week trial that
portions of Java infringed on patents Kodak purchased from Wang
Laboratories Inc. in late 1997.
The patents describe a method by which a program can "ask for help"
from another application to carry out certain computer-oriented
functions. That's generally similar to the way Java operates, according
to Kodak and other experts
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