{"id":11221,"date":"2012-05-01T01:45:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T23:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=11221"},"modified":"2012-05-02T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T12:02:20","slug":"oracle-vs-google-the-jury-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/11221\/oracle-vs-google-the-jury-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle vs. Google – the jury is out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurors began deliberating on Monday about whether Google Inc<\/a> violated Oracle Corp’s<\/a> copyright on parts of the Java<\/a> programming language, part of a high stakes trial over smartphone technology with more than $1 billion in play.<\/p>\n

Oracle is suing Google in federal court, claiming the search engine giant’s Android mobile platform violated its patents and copyright to Java, and is seeking roughly $1 billion in copyright damages.<\/p>\n

Two years ago Oracle paid about $7.4 billion to buy Sun Microsystems<\/a>, acquiring Java, the programming which is incorporated in Android smartphone technology, in the takeover.<\/p>\n

In court on Monday, Oracle attorney Michael Jacobs said the parts of Java software that Google copied took much creative talent to compose.<\/p>\n

“It’s kind of like creating a symphony,” Jacobs said during his closing argument.<\/p>\n

But Google attorney Robert Van Nest said Sun’s leadership had supported Android<\/a>, and that Oracle decided against pursuing a smartphone of its own.<\/p>\n

“It isn’t until after they failed that they brought this lawsuit here,” Van Nest said.<\/p>\n

The jury will deliberate on copyright liability before moving on to hear evidence about patent infringement. U.S. District Judge William Alsup must also decide some of the copyright issues.<\/p>\n

The trial, which began earlier this month, is expected to last eight weeks.<\/p>\n

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