Oracle Google Java Copyright Infringement Case Goes to Jury
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Oracle Corp.’s case against Google Inc. alleging copyright infringement over the use of the Java programming language for Android software went to the jury for deliberations.
The 12-person panel will decide whether Google, the largest Web-search operator, infringed parts of Java in developing Android. Java is a free programming language invented by Sun Microsystems Inc. and Android runs on more than 300 million smartphones. Oracle, the largest maker of database software, acquired Java when it bought Sun in 2010.