Last week, FairSearch Europe – a group that includes Microsost, Nokia and Oracle – launched an attack on Google for alleged anticompetitive practices on its Android mobile operating system. The group claimed that Google favors its own apps over...
Google foes FairSearch, made up of Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle among others, filed a complaint accusing Android of being a "Trojan Horse" and promoting Google apps. Google is the subject of yet another anti-competitiveness complaint, this one from...
Fairsearch Europe, which describes itself as "organization united to promote economic growth, innovation and choice across the internet" and made up of members including Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle, has filed an antitrust complaint related to...
Microsoft, Oracle, Nokia, Expedia, Hotwire, Kayak. That said, Goggle’s organic search results, most of its software, and the popular Android platform are "free," although Google in turn does obtain your data that helps them monetize with advertising.
The trial, which began in May, had found that Google had copied around nine lines of Oracle's Java code when developing its Android smartphone operating system. Oracle wanted billions. Oracle will get a grand total of nothing (that's $0 U.S.in...
A U.S.federal court jury ruled that the company did not infringe on Oracle patents with its use of Java components in its Android platform. The] jury verdict that Android does not infringe Oracle’s patents was a victory not just for Google but the...
Oracle may only win pocket change in its long-running Java battle with Android maker Google, after the latest ruling from the U.S.judge presiding over the courtroom fight. Earlier this week, the jury in the case ruled that Google had infringed...
Google has moved that its patent infringement case with Oracle be declared a mistrial following only partial findings of infringement from a San Francisco court. The jurors found that while Google had infringed upon Oracle Java API copyright in...
The juror panel will now decide whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java patents in developing its Android mobile platform. Oracle has argued in the case that Google knowingly lifted portions of its Java platform for use in Android without seeking...
Oracle alleges that Google deliberately refused to license the company's Java platform for use in its Android smartphones. As the Google-Oracle trial continues into its second week, Oracle lawyers today interrogated Google executives Andy Rubin and...
Google's Android system isn't "critical" to the company's success, although it's an "important" part of its future, according to testimony this week from Google CEO Larry Page as the company tries to defend itself in its legal battle with Oracle.
The trial between Oracle and Google over the use Java software within the Android platform began in California yesterday with the selection of the jury that will hear the dispute between the two technology giants.
Oracle Rejects Google’s $3 Million Offer to Settle Patent Dispute Google, Microsoft in War of Words Over Android 'Patent Attacks' Facebook has made good on its vow to fight Yahoo's patent claim by filing a counter suit also alleging patent...
Ahead of an upcoming trial in April over claims that Google's Android operating system has infringed on Java patents, Google has offered to pay Oracle $3 million plus a portion of its Android platform revenue in an attempt to reach a settlement...
BT will not be the first to try just that; other companies who have sued Android over alleged patent infringement include Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, eBay, and Gemalto. Apple has won a major patent victory over HTC and Android as the U.S.
Meanwhile, the fight over Android’s technology between Oracle and Google continues, with Oracle now seeking $1.16 billion in damages. Larry Page returned to his role as CEO and cleaned house, Google saw record revenues, Google introduced a suite of...
In the world of mobile, manufacturers are already signing patent licenses with Microsoft that cost $5 to $12 per unit, fighting battles against Apple, and Google themselves are involved in their biggest lawsuit yet with Oracle.
While the entire thing is worth a read, some of the most stinging lines and sentiments include the accusation that there's "a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents...
That includes Android, whose Dalvik software (an element of the OS used to run applications) is one of the targets of Oracle's claim. Oracle, the company that owns Java, has been engaged in an arduous legal wrestling match with Google.
Oracle-Google Case Could Be Decided by November - PCWorld It's not just the iPhone, Android stores your location data too - The Next Web Android in focus at Intel - CNET News Privacy groups urge public to push for industry adoption of Google Buzz...
