Jury Finds Google Use of Java In Android Was "Fair Use" in $9 Billion Oracle Lawsuit

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Jury Finds Google Use of Java In Android Was "Fair Use" in $9 Billion Oracle Lawsuit

engine

9:18 am on May 27, 2016 (gmt 0)

A U.S. Jury has concluded that Google's use of Java in Android was "fair use" and the $8 billion copyright case by Oracle would seem over. However, Oracle plans to appeal.

The jury unanimously upheld claims by Google that its use of Oracle's Java development platform to create Android was protected under the fair-use provision of copyright law, bringing trial to a close without Oracle winning any of the $9 billion in damages it requested.

Oracle said it saw many grounds to appeal and would do so. "We strongly believe that Google developed Android by illegally copying core Java technology to rush into the mobile device market," Oracle General Counsel Dorian Daley said in a statement. Jury Finds Google Use of Java In Android Was "Fair Use" in $9 Billion Oracle Lawsuit [reuters.com]

Earlier story [webmasterworld.com...]

graeme_p

11:22 am on Jun 8, 2016 (gmt 0)

This is really good news, not because it saves Google $9bn, but because it allows a lot of people who develop software that is compatible with existing APIs to breath a bit easier - and most of them do not have Google's deep pockets and would probably shut down faced with a credible case.