Google faces $9 billion in damages after ripping off Java in Android A lawsuit seeking damages from Google over its willful appropriation of Java as the basis of its Android operating system has been slowly grinding through the courts for most of the last decade. It has finally concluded that Google's taking of Java "was not fair" use, opening up Google to billions in damages. Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 189
Google engineers defend source code, email in Oracle lawsuit over Java Two Google engineers, both of whom formerly worked for Sun, testified on Thursday about their role in developing the Android mobile operating system, defending their current employer from Oracle's accusations that it copied code and admitted internally that it needed to negotiate a license for Java. Josh Ong 14 years ago 70
Former Sun CEO: Steve Jobs threatened to sue us over patents too Former chief executive of Sun Jonathan Schwartz has accused Steve Jobs of threatening patent action against his company in 2003, related to desktop OS technologies, in a long blog post that highlights a series of tech patent squabbles. Prince McLean 16 years ago 88
