Google 'infringed' Oracle's Java in split trial result

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

7 May 2012 Last updated at 18:49 GMT

Internet giant Google has been found guilty of breaching copyright in a case brought by Oracle over its Java programming language.

But the US jury but was unable to agree on whether Google's actions constituted "fair use" under copyright law.

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The jury in San Francisco were asked to consider four questions on Oracle's claim that Google violated several of its patents and copyrights, but could only agree on the three.

Oracle claimed Google's Android system infringes intellectual property rights relating to the programming language.

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[DaveJ]

1. Oracle should be a little appreciative

Java was one of the least useful languages on the planet until Google started using it for their Android apps. Now Java actually has a place in the tech world.