Oracle won the process that moved against Google on behalf of the unauthorized use of Java in Android development. I mean, more or less won, because Google also won. But if you're a pessimist, the two lost, everything depends on a point of view.
The court responsible for judging the lawsuit filed by Oracle in 2010 for breach of copyright in Android released a partial verdict on Monday, in which Google says yes, infringed the copyright of the Java API to create your operating system for mobile devices. But that does not mean that the web giant is guilty of exactly the case, since the jury could not determine whether the use of Google fits in Fair Use, or that violated the copyright of the Java documentation.
Fair Use is a concept in U.S. law that allows the use of copyrighted material under certain circumstances. In case of violation of Java, one of Google's arguments that were used only nine lines of code in Oracle's all the creation of Android, and they've been removed from the platform.
According to AllThingsD site, Oracle during the trial "failed to prove that damage has occurred with the offense", while Google knew it had to license Java for compatibility with Oracle platform.
Thus, Oracle leaves the trial with a victory in hand, but certainly have to settle for a compensation well below the $ 1 billion applications initially. Analysts say the company will hardly more than "modest" $ 100 million.
The court responsible for judging the lawsuit filed by Oracle in 2010 for breach of copyright in Android released a partial verdict on Monday, in which Google says yes, infringed the copyright of the Java API to create your operating system for mobile devices. But that does not mean that the web giant is guilty of exactly the case, since the jury could not determine whether the use of Google fits in Fair Use, or that violated the copyright of the Java documentation.
Fair Use is a concept in U.S. law that allows the use of copyrighted material under certain circumstances. In case of violation of Java, one of Google's arguments that were used only nine lines of code in Oracle's all the creation of Android, and they've been removed from the platform.
According to AllThingsD site, Oracle during the trial "failed to prove that damage has occurred with the offense", while Google knew it had to license Java for compatibility with Oracle platform.
Thus, Oracle leaves the trial with a victory in hand, but certainly have to settle for a compensation well below the $ 1 billion applications initially. Analysts say the company will hardly more than "modest" $ 100 million.
