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Google prevails in Java license legal fight with Oracle

May 26, 2016 4:46 PM ETAlphabet Inc. (GOOG) StockGOOG, ORCL, GOOGLBy: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor29 Comments
  • A jury has found in favor of Google (GOOG, GOOGL) in its retrial of a patent fight with Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) over Java.
  • The 10-member panel decided that Google's use of the language in its Android OS was fair use. Google had incorporated parts of Java in Android when Java was owned by Sun Microsystems, later acquired by Oracle in 2010.
  • Oracle has claimed that Google has cost billions of dollars in mobile opportunity by not paying license fees for using Java APIs.
  • It's not the end, though: "We strongly believe that Google developed Android by illegally copying core Java technology to rush into the mobile device market," an Oracle statement says. "Oracle brought this lawsuit to put a stop to Google's illegal behavior. We believe there are numerous grounds for appeal and we plan to bring this case back to the Federal Circuit on appeal."
  • For its part, Google calls it "a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming languages to build innovative consumer products."
  • After hours: ORCL -0.3%; GOOG +0.1%; GOOGL +0.3%.

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