Oracle, Google to Face Off in Court Over Copyrights for Java
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Oracle Corp. is set to go before a federal jury for the first time with claims that Google Inc. stole some of the intellectual property behind its Android operating system.
Jury selection began today in San Francisco in Oracle’s lawsuit alleging Google used Java programming language without permission to develop Android software. The two-month trial will feature testimony from the companies’ chief executive officers, Larry Ellison and Larry Page, as well as damage experts appointed by both sides and the presiding judge.