Oracle Can Pursue Claims Google Copied Java, Court Says
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Oracle Corp. won a U.S. appeals court bid to revive claims that Google Inc. copied its Java programming language to develop the Android operating system, in a case that split Silicon Valley.
The shortcuts created by Java to perform basic functions like connecting to the Internet are eligible for copyright protection, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington ruled today. The court reinstated a jury’s 2012 finding that Google infringed the copyrights, and sent the case back to let Google argue it had fair use of the technology.