The year has started with more of the same in the mobile patents war ‘ Samsung and Apple hurling more injunction claims at one another, ups and downs for both Android and Apple in US and European courts. The main new development came in the Oracle case against Google, which potentially has more far-reaching implications for Android’s cost base and liabilities than the other actions, since it goes to Java IPR at the heart of the Google OS. This week, Oracle seemed to grow tired of the repeated delays in the case, and said it was willing to drop its patent infringement claims if the court would fast-track its other case, which alleges copyright infringement against Java. Oracle presumably thinks…