In the never-ending circle of litigation that Google, and other tech companies, are engaging in otherwise known as “Smartphone Wars,” the Federal Circuit has dealt a blow to Google.
And, in one of the more interesting patent cases before the Federal Circuit, the court had to determine whether clones themselves, could be patented. It should be noted that the methods for cloning, which are patented, were not at issue in the case. Read on for details in both cases.
Oracle sued Google for allegedly incorporating parts of Java in Android, Google’s best selling worldwide operating system for smartphones. The closely watched case featured dueling testimony of the Larry’s from Oracle’s ECO Larry Ellison and Google’s CEO, Larry Page, reports Reuters. The Federal Circuit reversed a San Francisco District Court’s previous ruling that the parts of Java could not be copyrighted.
In re: Roslin Institute (Edinburgh)
You may remember Dolly, the sheep in – uh, sheep’s clothing. That is, Dolly was a clone. The creators of Dolly patented the process for creating Dolly, but that wasn’t enough. They wanted to patent Dolly – the actual clone as well. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that Dolly was not patentable, and the Federal Circuit agreed, on the basis of 35 U.S.C. § 101, reports Bloomberg. Because Dolly was genetically identical to her donor parent, the court found her unpatentable.
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