Oracle wins Java copyright ruling against Google’s Android

[Guest Christian de Looper]

 

Oracle Corp today won a key legal battle over Google when the U.S. appeals court decided that Oracle could copyright certain part of the Java programming, used by Google to design Android.

 

Oracle originally sued Google in 2010, claiming that they had improperly used Java in Android. Because of that they are seeking around $1 billion in damages on the copyright claims.

 

 

A San Francisco judge had ruled that Oracle could not claim copyright protection on parts of Java, but today that ruling was reversed by a 3 part panel. Oracle said that they were “extremely pleased” with the decision, and Google had no immediate comment.

 

Source: Oracle

 

 

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