An Android lawsuit between between Google and Oracle has now dragged on for more than five years. Oracle alleges that Google has infringed some of its Java patents and copyrights in its mobile operating system and is seeking damages. The case this week revealed some interesting information about how much money Google may have made to date from Android. A lawyer for Oracle […]
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Oracle considered buying RIM and Palm to enter smartphone market
You can add one more to the list of suitors who were at one point interested in buying Research In Motion. At the trial between between Oracle and Google over Java patents used in Android. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison revealed that the company entertained the thought of entering the smartphone business. “I had the idea we could enter the smartphone […]
Oracle asks for up to US$6.1 billion in Google Android lawsuit
Remember that lawsuit filed by Oracle against Google over over patent and copyright infringement allegations in Android? Documents now made public reveal that Oracle is asking for damages that range from US$1.4 billion to US$6.1 billion. Google, for its part, called the amount being sought “a breathtaking figure that is out of proportion to any meaningful measure of the intellectual […]
Google responds to Oracle lawsuit
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 […]
Oracle sues Google over Android
Oracle today announced that it was suing Google over patent and copyright infringement in Google’s Android mobile operating system. “In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property. This lawsuit seeks appropriate remedies for their infringement,” said Oracle spokesperson Karen Tillman. Oracle claims that a total of seven patents it inherited when it purchased Sun are […]