Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt)

Posted Mar 30, 2018 11:27 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt) by shiftee
Parent article: Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt)

How's this a Mexican Standoff?

If IBM win, Oracle are toast.

If IBM loses, we're back to the status quo ante (although if IBM don't include patents so it avoids the CAFC, it'll probably go to the Supreme Court as "a conflict between appeal courts").

Either way, Oracle loses, IBM is no worse off.

Cheers,
Wol

Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt)

Posted Mar 30, 2018 11:56 UTC (Fri) by shiftee (subscriber, #110711) [Link] (1 responses)

Until Intel sues IBM for using the x86 API. Then both of them are sued for using the POSIX API etc. etc. etc.

Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt)

Posted Mar 30, 2018 14:14 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Intel couldn't sue IBM for use of x86 API. It used it in the past but under proper license and does not use it now.

Really, if this case would come to pass IBM would become the "endpoint" most likely: IBM did many things modern companies rave about when said companies didn't exist and their founders were in diapers!