After months of legal wrangling between technology titans Oracle and Google, phase two of the case has headed to the jury, where 11 good people will decide whether Google actually infringed on Java-related patents, and more importantly whether this was a threat to Oracle’s business. The two patents in question were actually acquired by Oracle when it bought Java maker Sun Microsystems in January of 2010, more than a year after Google launched its first Android handset. Oracle subsequently sued Google, claiming both patent and copyright infringement. If infringement occurred, did it result in $6 billion in damages?
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Judge Takes Oracle Attorney to Task Over Importance of 9 Lines of Code
Posted by: Peter Suciu May 16, 2012 01:25 PMAfter months of legal wrangling between technology titans Oracle and Google, phase two of the case has headed to the jury, where 11 good people will decide whether Google actually infringed on Java-related patents, and more importantly whether this was a threat to Oracle’s business. The two patents in question were actually acquired by Oracle when it bought Java maker Sun Microsystems in January of 2010, more than a year after Google launched its first Android handset. Oracle subsequently sued Google, claiming both patent and copyright infringement. If infringement occurred, did it result in $6 billion in damages?