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Oracle wins dispute over Google for Java code rights
"The ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the fundamental principles of copyright law and makes clear that Google has violated the law, which protects creators and consumers from illegitimate abuse of their rights," said executive vice president of Oracle, Dorian Daley, in a statement posted on the company's website.Eight years ago, Oracle demanded Google about € 9 billion in damages for violating the intellectual property of Java technologyOracle accuses Google of developing its Android software using parts of the Java language, created by a company bought by Oracle in 2010, Sun Microsystems.Since then, the case has gone to trial twice and today the court reversed the verdict of a jury that in 2016 found the use of the Java language by Google under copyright law to be fair.According to a court document released by the specialized Ars Technica website, the appeals court concluded that the use of these parts of Java "was not fair under the law," so the case now returns to San Francisco for a judge to determine how much the Google must pay OracleA Google spokeswoman told reporters that the company was "disappointed that the court reversed the jury's view that Java is open and free for everyone," adding that it is studying options."This kind of decision will make applications (apps) and online services more expensive for users," he added.
In the suit, Oracle claims that Google has copied application programming interfaces (APIs) from its Java code, about 11,000 lines, to develop its Android operating system, which is used by most mobile phones worldwide, and argues that should have paid a license.
Google, meanwhile, says it has acted legally, saying former CEO Eric Schmidt, who stepped down in 2017, said he believed that the company could freely use Java because he himself programming language in 1995 when I was a senior executive at Sun Microsystems.

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