Google has responded to Oracle’s lawsuit over Google Android. Its statement is short but suggests that this could be in the courts for a while:
We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with this baseless lawsuit. The open-source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the web a better place. We will strongly defend open-source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform.
Oracle claims that Google has infringed on seven patents and copyrights that deal with Java. It is looking for an injunction and unspecified damages.