the last 14 months have seen 41 patent infringement allegations leveled at Google's Android software a judgment a Texas jury against Google had major implications for the search giant and the open source world say experts.The Internet Titan was guilty to violating a patent related to Linux-kernel and a fine of $5 m (￡ 3. 2 m).
The software is used by Google for your server platforms and could extend also to the mobile platform Android.
The core of the operating system open source what is the kernel means that this judgment could be far-reaching.
The case was a victory for a company called bedrock computer technologies, who has sued Yahoo, MySpace, Amazon, PayPal, match.com, and AOL.
"The amount of the fine, not what makes this an important issue", said intellectual property activist Florian Müller BBC News.
"This is a modest amount, taking into account, Google is probably the largest scale of Linux users in the world."
"The implication here is really that there is a huge number of Linux users to pay licensing fees when knocking this patent holder on their doors in the United States will be required." "This is definitely a great obstacle for the growth of Linux and makes companies such as Google, are particularly vulnerable to patent threats based on open-source code."
This is also the opinion of the other industry observers, who expect that a flood of lawsuits against companies that build on open source code.
"Looking to cash in on buried patents need only spend time bent over code and looking after an injury,", said Christopher Dawson of ZDNet blog technology.
Continue reading the most important storyApple goes for the jugular go after several Android device of makers "end quote Florian Müller intellectual property activist" it costs much less than $5 m, a team of programmers in India review to rent code. "This, I am afraid, is just the beginning and is to do offer industry dynamics and the private company, the major incentive for the promotion of open source software a whole lot of damage."
But Google has said it will continue to defend against such attacks such as the open source community.
Google said "the recent explosion in patent litigation is the world's information redecorate highway a toll road, forcing companies millions and millions of dollars spend defending old, questionable claims and waste of resources, which would be much better investment in new technologies for user and job creation".
"Going for the jugular"The bedrock case underlines the increasingly bitter battle which goes in the mobile space to grow is expected in the next year worldwide to 58%.
The market research company Gartner also predicts that Android about to 39% of this growth.
Mr. Müller said worried about Android competitors use all means to thwart their rivals.
He estimated that in the last 14 months there 41 patent infringement suits on Google's Android platform and the fast-growing developer ecosystem have been imposed.
Just in this week, Apple said it Samsung Electronics was sued for making their iPad and iPhone supposedly copy.
Samsung Galaxy products you are using Google Android operating system. Samsung has Apple countersuit in turn due to violation of their patent rights.
Last month Microsoft filed a suit with a focus on the nook e-reader and nook color tablet running the Android OS.
Now be high-profile patent study between Oracle and Google is expected, tech giants take place before November said a judge.
Oracle claimed that Google's Android technology infringes on its Java patents.
Oracle bought in the last year of the programming language with the acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
"Android is targeted by some of the largest technology companies it is a threat to others, as its market share is growing and is rather" Mr. Müller said.
"Is Apple for the jugular by go after several Android device manufacturer." So it has to do this to survive. No matter how well your finances are now, in a year or two they could see, their iPhone business due to the Android undermine threat.
"Microsoft lawsuit is just about the search for royalty free with license offers." And with Oracle, which is to make Google pay and the Java programming language calls the shots, when it comes, "Added Mr. Müller."
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