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Google demands Oracle Android retrial

, May 9th 2012 Discuss [3]

The Google and Oracle case rages on, with the judge trying to move things swiftly along by moving to the second phase of the trial, which turns it focus towards any patent infringement. Google has a different plan: demand a new trial. The search company brought a formal motion last night to start a new trial regarding the alleged API infringement. Read The Full Story

Oracle targets Dalvik VM as Google case continues

, May 8th 2012 Discuss [2]

Though the first portion of the Oracle vs Google case ended on something of a hollow victory for Oracle, the networking giant intends to plow on with its patent claims in the second section. Oracle's attorneys contend that the Dalvik virtual machine used to speed up Android's processes infringes on two of the patents that it inherited from Sun Microsystems after they purchased the company. Damages nad payments, if any are deemed necessary, will be decided in the third portion. Read The Full Story

Oracle vs Google suit could set dangerous API openness precedent

, May 8th 2012 Discuss [6]

The Google vs Oracle trial could have serious and long-lasting implications for app developers and manufacturers, experts have warned, with decisions around fair-use of APIs potentially casting coders into the morass of copyright hell. "Treating APIs as copyrightable would have a profound negative impact on interoperability, and, therefore, innovation" Julie Samuels, staff attorney at the Electronics Frontier Foundation, said of the decision. Presiding Judge William Alsup has said he will rule on whether APIs come under fair-use before the trial is out. Read The Full Story

Google vs Oracle: Jury torn but case plows on

, May 8th 2012 Discuss [6]

Google and Oracle may be unable to decide who is the victor after the latest jury decision in the Android Java trial, but even with no clear decision on fair use the case moves on now to whether Oracle's Sun patents have been infringed. Presiding Judge Alsup accepted no delay in the momentum of the suit, shifting attention to the second phase of what is expected to be a three step process: first copyright infringement, then patents, and finally a decision on what damages - if any - are appropriate. Google, meanwhile, is demanding a mistrial based on the jury's inability to decide one way or the other. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 7, 2012

, May 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Monday, everyone. Can you feel it in the air? The excitement, that is - the kind of excitement you can only get from the largest mobile trade show in the country. That's right; CTIA 2012 is kicking off and we'll have all your coverage. But today, there was another big mobile story in a very different setting - the courtroom. Google and Oracle each claim success in split Android decision. So speaking of mobile, CTIA will play host to a lot of mobile payment news. Such as - Verifone set to launch Square competitor. Check below the fold for more CTIA news, but if you're a gamer then this is also pretty big - $99 Xbox 360 with two year contract official Read The Full Story

Google and Oracle each claim success in split Android decision

, May 7th 2012 Discuss [4]

Neither one nor the other: a partial verdict in the Google versus Oracle case has left uncertainty around the potential impact on Android, especially with both companies claiming the ruling works in their favor. Oracle's demands for royalties to be imposed over nine lines of code the jury deemed copied from Java in Android were promptly rejected by Judge William Alsup, describing the request as "bordering on the ridiculous." However, Alsup will also rule on whether APIs can be copyrighted, a decision that could have a huge impact on how Android licensing moves forward. Read The Full Story

Oracle vs Google: jury deadlocked over copyright fair use

, May 7th 2012 Discuss [6]

Deliberations in the first portion of Oracle vs Google have gone on for the better part of a week, with little movement in the case. The jury reached a verdict late Monday afternoon, declaring that Google’s use of Java APIs in the Android platform constituted copyright infringement. However, the jury was deadlocked over whether or not the use of these APIs counted as fair use under American copyright law. The partial verdict may not be enough for Oracle to claim damages from copyright.

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Oracle vs Google verdict to drop Monday

, May 4th 2012 Discuss [6]

As it stands today, the jury has delivered note to the judge in the case of Oracle vs Google which says that all but one count has had a unanimous decision made on it. The case at hand has been going on for a little over a week here in the spring of 2012 and has been ramping up for over a year. Google and Oracle are certain to continue this battle with or without a full verdict into the near future as the stakes are so very high they absolutely cannot be denied.

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Android lost money in 2010 according to US judge

, May 4th 2012 Discuss [12]

With Google and Oracle battling in court over Java trademarks that Google allegedly infringed on for Android, all sorts of information is coming out about Android. Talk of how much money Android made for Google came up during the damages hearing between Oracle and Google. According to facts that came up during the trial it appears Android lost money in 2010. Read The Full Story

Jury closing in on verdict in Oracle vs Google

, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [5]

In what's easily the highest-profile patent case so far this year, the jury is narrowing down its information while it prepares for a verdict. Three days into deliberations, the jury for Oracle vs Google is asking for more specific information of who uses the Java software, the patents of which are the central crux of Oracle's case. While it's dangerous to infer what the jury is thinking, it indicates that they're seeking out the audience that may have been affected by Google's alleged infraction. Read The Full Story

Xamarin XobotOS ports Android to C# and .NET framework

, May 2nd 2012 Discuss [4]

If you are a fan of Android, I'm sure you're familiar with the legal wrangling going on between Google and Oracle. A company called Xamarin has announced that it has ported the Java-based Android operating system over to C# and the .NET framework. The new operating system resulting from the port is being called XobotOS. Read The Full Story

Oracle vs Google Wrap-up: All Possibilities

, May 1st 2012 Discuss [2]

The are several different things that could happen as the jury deliberates in the most massive case in code in recent history: Oracle vs Google with Android‘s life in the balance and the freedom of all developers hanging in the balance. Or so some would have you believe. In reality there are more than just terrifying outcomes here in the case that’s destined to go down in Java history one way or another – but the scary outcomes are there as well indeed. Lets have a look at what we’ve seen thus far as well as what we’ll see as the jury makes their decision.

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