GOOGLE INFRINGED ORACLE JAVA COPYRIGHTS, JURY FINDS

摘要

Google Inc. infringed some of Oracle Corp.'s copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury recently found after days of deliberation. See Oracle America Inc. v. Google Inc., No. 10-3561, verdict returned (N.D. Cal. May 07, 2012). Oracle may have suffered a setback, however, because the jury could not reach a decision on whether Google's actions constituted fair use and were legally allowed. The fair-use question is crucial to determining damages.