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Mixed Decision in Google-Oracle Copyright Case

A court ruled that Google infringed on copyrights held by Oracle, but it also said that Google had not violated other important parts of Oracle’s software known as Java.

 

Jury: SAP must pay nemesis Oracle $1.3 billion

Jury: SAP must pay nemesis Oracle $1.3 billion

Oracle Corp.'s courtroom clash with archenemy SAP AG has paid off handsomely. A jury on Tuesday ordered SAP to pay $1.3 billion - more than half of its total profit last year - for a subsidiary's skullduggery in stealing a stockpile of software and customer-support documents from password-protected Oracle websites.

Senh: I learned a new word today: skullduggery.

 

Oracle sues Google over Android operating system

Oracle sues Google over Android operating system

In a clash of two Silicon Valley titans, Oracle said Thursday that it has filed a federal copyright lawsuit alleging that Google's popular Android operating system was built on Oracle's Java software without permission.

 

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