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The company with the motto “Do no evil” certainly is going to have problems when within the second quarter of 2010 the Google Android smartphones sales passed the iPhone in worldwide sales. Google Inc. is being sued by Oracle Corp. because Oracle’s Java copyright was violated with the Android OS, reports the Wall Street Journal. Eric Schmidt, a former Sun chief technology officer, who is Google’s founder, and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison are against one another within the suit. Oracle acquired Sun, the company that invented the Java programming language, in January 2010. Today, Java is used in the Android smartphone also as hundreds of other devices.

All damages sued for in Oracle lawsuit

The WSJ says the Oracle lawsuit wants “unspecific damages and an injunction against ‘continued acts of infringement’ by Google.” Sun typically would authorize use of these licenses, which is why every person assumed Google was allowed to use free open-source Java licenses, although Google hasn’t officially responded to the public. However, no licensing deal between Oracle and Google had been officially announced. If an injunction against Google is given by the presiding California court, developers would be barred from creating applications for Android OS and shipments of Android phones would come to a halt.

Protecting property

The Journal interviewed tech analyst Ray Wang who said that the Oracle “takes a lot more care in terms of guarding its IP, and Java is one of the crown jewels of the Sun acquisition,” although Sun would traditionally be respectful of open-source software and free exchange of ideas. Perhaps it is as PC World suggests, that Oracle clings to IP as the U.S. government is on its tail over tax evasion. Now that the company is rivaling Google rather than Microsoft, a court system is looked to in order to get some more money flowing in.

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PC World

pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203336/oracles_fall_from_tech_giant_to_patent_troll.html?tk=hp_new

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704407804575426122820659864.html

“Trade the Trend” report on the Oracle-Google lawsuit

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