Google’s “Java guru” took the stand in the infringement trial between Google and Oracle, where he admitted that he was “perfectly willing to believe” he may have accessed copyright Sun code when ...

James Gosling has a great deal of his life invested in Java. He is considered the father of the programming language, which was launched by Sun in 1995 and runs on billions of digital devices, and is ...

Earlier this month, in what many consider the copyright case of the decade, the Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in Google v. Oracle. In it, the Court ruled that Google’s copying ...

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The Supreme Court Monday ruled 6-2 in favor of Google in a long running Java software code lawsuit with Oracle. The Supreme Court Monday ruled 6-2 in favor of Google in a long running Java software ...

Attorneys for Oracle and Google presented their closing arguments today in a lawsuit over Google’s use of Java APIs owned by Oracle in Android. Oracle accused Google of stealing a collection of APIs, ...

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Google’s use of the Oracle’s Java programming language in the Android operating system is legal, a federal jury found today in a verdict that could have major implications for the future of software ...

In 2019, Google asked the Supreme Court to review Oracle’s long-running lawsuit over whether Android’s usage of Java was fair use. The Supreme Court this morning sided with Google and overturned ...

Google’s use of Java APIs in Android has been the subject of a long-running legal dispute with Oracle. Larry Ellison’s team believes Google needs to pay up for exploiting Oracle IP and has pursued ...

Since 2010, Google and Oracle have been locked in a pitched legal battle — this week, Oracle is seeking almost $9 billion in damages in a second trial. At the heart of Oracle's lawsuit is the ...