Reuters: Technology News: Google did not infringe Oracle patents: jury

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Google did not infringe Oracle patents: jury May 23rd 2012, 18:37 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Facebook settles lawsuit over "Sponsored Stories" 12:54am EDT Apple, Samsung CEOs in U.S. court talks on patents Mon, May 21 2012 Apple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks Sun, May 20 2012 Appeals court revives POM lawsuit versus Coca-Cola Thu, May 17 2012 Oracle patent claims versus Google sent to jury Tue, May 15 2012 Analysis & Opinion SCOTUS to Federal Circuit: Think harder about what's patentable Should artists get royalties on resales? California judge says no Related Topics World » Tech » Media » People visit Google's stand at the National Retail Federation Annual Convention and Expo in New York January 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/ Kena Betancur By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Wed May 23, 2012 2:37pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle's patents, a California jury decided in a high stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday in a San Francisco federal court, and confirmed by a Google spokesman. An Oracle attorney declined to comment on the decision. Because the same jury could not unanimously agree on the copyright allegations earlier in the case, the latest verdict on patents effectively puts an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages. Oracle at one point was seeking roughly $1 billion in damages. The jury found earlier that Oracle had proven copyright infringement for parts of Java. But the jury could not unanimously agree on whether Google could fairly use that material. Oracle sued Google in August 2010, saying Android infringes on its intellectual property rights to the Java programming language. Google says it does not violate Oracle's patents and that Oracle cannot copyright certain parts of Java, an "open-source" or publicly available software language. Without a finding against Google on that fair use question, Oracle cannot recover damages on the bulk of its copyright claims. Judge William Alsup has not yet decided on several legal issues that could determine how a potential retrial on copyright would unfold. The case in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, is Oracle America, Inc v. Google Inc, 10-3561. (Reporting By Dan Levine; Editing by Gary Hill) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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