Reuters: Technology News: Google infringed on Oracle's Java copyrights: jury

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Google infringed on Oracle's Java copyrights: jury May 7th 2012, 18:39 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Facebook plans to raise $10.6 billion in mega IPO Fri, May 4 2012 Judge urges more deliberations in Android case Fri, May 4 2012 Judge says Google's Android lost money in 2010 Thu, May 3 2012 Facebook IPO price range's midpoint $31.50: source Thu, May 3 2012 Google trial docs show plans for growth past search Wed, Apr 25 2012 Analysis & Opinion Who won Microsoft v. Barnes & Noble patent litigation? Report: Q & A – Why New York is the nation’s top online fraud center, and which transactions are riskiest A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago, March 20, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Jim Young By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO | Mon May 7, 2012 3:00pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Northern California jury on Monday found that Google Inc infringed upon Oracle Corp's copyrights on the structure of part of the Java software programming language, in a high stakes trial over smartphone technology. However, the jury failed to decide after days of deliberation whether Google had the right to fair use of that copyrighted structure. The partial verdict was read in a San Francisco federal courtroom. Despite finding Google infringed upon some of Oracle's copyrights, the lack of a clear, full decision may represent a setback for Oracle. The U.S. software company is trying to prove the Internet search leader did not have a right to fair use of Java's structural and organizational elements. Google's lawyers challenged the key jury decision on Java copyrights after the Monday verdict, moving for a mistrial. Oracle sued Google in August 2010, saying its Android mobile operating system 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. Earlier in the case, estimates of potential damages against Google ran as high as $6.1 billion. But Google successfully narrowed Oracle's patent claims, so that the bulk of Google's damages exposure now derives mostly on copyright claims. Oracle is seeking roughly $1 billion in copyright damages. The seven woman, five man jury will begin hearing evidence on Oracle's patents after rendering the copyright verdict. A third phase to decide damages would come after the patent testimony. The case in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, is Oracle America, Inc v. Google Inc, 10-3561. (Reporting By Malathi Nayak; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Bernard Orr) 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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