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"The beleaguered Android platform got slapped with another lawsuit today. \nDigital security firm Gemalto filed a patent infringement suit claiming that Google (as well as device manufacturers HTC, Motorola and Samsung) infringed on a specific patent that covers high-level languages running on resource-constrained devices, i.e., Java running on a mobile phone.\nA Gemalto representative stated, \"Gemalto is recognized as a pioneer and ground-breaking contributor to the JavaCard [sic] , one of the devices for which the patented technologies were conceived.\"\nJava Card allows Java apps to run on smart cards, such as SIM cards and ATM cards. Gemalto began as a company when Schlumberger's card division, which created the first Java Card, merged with smart card maker Gemplus.\nThe lawsuit was filed in Texas, where Gemalto is headquartered.\nOracle's suit against Google also involves Java and IP law and claims that Google \"knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle\u2019s Java-related intellectual property\" during the company's work on the Android platform. Then again, how one can make such claims about open-source technology remains a mystery to some of us at Mashable and to some folks at Google, as well.\nMicrosoft filed a lawsuit against Motorola earlier this month over several patent infringements involving end-user apps such as e-mail syncing and meeting scheduling, and even Apple seems to be going after Android in a suit against HTC.\nWe're sure that the ever-escalating popularity of the Android platform will help Google weather these legal storms, but we're wondering exactly what toll \u2014 financially and with regard to publicity \u2014 these lawsuits will have on the company."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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