Google’s Take From Android Pegged by Oracle at $42 Billion
- Jury told by Oracle lawyer of search engine firm's `short cut
- Alphabet's Schmidt called to stand to defend use of Java code
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Google has earned $42 billion in revenue and $21 billion in profit from more than 3 billion activations of Android-based smartphones, Oracle Corp. told jurors as it pursues its claim for a share of that action.
Each of those activations relied on using the database maker’s Java programming language without a license, Oracle lawyer Peter A. Bicks said in opening arguments Tuesday at a trial. Larry Ellison’s company is seeking $9.3 billion in damages.