Jury sides with Google in battle over Android software

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 27 May 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's Android software just dodged a $9 billion bullet. Jury sides with Google in battle over Android software ... Software competitor Oracle claimed Google had stolen its intellectual property and reaped huge profits by copying pieces of an Oracle programming language called Java ... software programs work together....

Jury sides with Google in closely watched copyright case

Edit The Oklahoman 27 May 2016
Oracle had said Google stole some of its Java software to create Android, the world's most popular smartphone operating system. Some tech industry groups said Oracle's claim would undercut practices that are widely used to create all kinds of software ... of the Java programming language that helps different software programs talk to each other....

Jury sides with Google in Android software battle

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 27 May 2016
San FranciscoGoogle’s Android software just dodged a $9 billion bullet. A federal jury found Thursday that Google didn’t need permission to use a rival’s programming tools as it built Android — now the world’s leading smartphone operating software and a key part of Google’s multi-billion dollar Internet business. Software competitor Oracle claimed ......

Google groups help 22k govt school teachers to learn, share, innovate

Edit The Times of India 27 May 2016
A science teacher in a remote Koppal village uses a software to impart astronomy lessons, sometimes even under the night sky ... "Not only did we want to connect teachers via email and enable them to help one another but also train them to use various software applications to understand and teach their subjects better ... The use of software tools means ......

Google beats Oracle in $9 billion Android trial

Edit The Times of India 27 May 2016
A US jury handed Google a major victory on Thursday in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle Corp over Android software used to run most of the world's smartphones ... Alphabet Inc's Google in a statement called the verdict "a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming languages to build innovative consumer products."...

Google wins legal battle with Oracle; US jury declares 'fair use' of Java in Android

Edit Deccan Chronicle 27 May 2016
A US jury handed Google a major victory on Thursday in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle Corp over Android software used to run most of the world's smartphones ... Alphabet Inc's Google in a statement called the verdict "a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming languages to build innovative consumer products."....

Google wins $9 billion legal battle with Oracle; US jury declares 'fair use' of Java ...

Edit DNA India 27 May 2016
A US jury handed Google a major victory on Thursday in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle Corp over Android software used to run most of the world's smartphones ... Alphabet Inc's Google in a statement called the verdict "a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming languages to build innovative consumer products."....

Oracle just lost its copyright case against Google for the second time

Edit Quartz 27 May 2016
A US District Court jury in San Francisco found today that Google’s use of open-source Java APIs was not a violation of Oracle’s copyright, a major milestone in a years-long battle between two tech giants that had broad ramifications for the future of software development ... impact on the future of software development....

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

Edit BBC News 27 May 2016
Google has won a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language ... The outcome was eagerly awaited by software developers who feared that a victory for Oracle might encourage more such legal actions....

Google prevails as jury rebuffs Oracle in smartphone-code copyright case

Edit The Seattle Times 27 May 2016
The victory for Google will cheer many other software developers, who operate much the way Google did when it comes to so-called open-source software ... ....

Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents in Android, jury finds

Edit TechRadar 27 May 2016
The trial of Google vs Oracle, which began in 2010, is finally over ... For those unfamiliar with programming, APIs are a set of protocols and tools that allow different pieces of software to talk to one another ... "It's undisputed ... Google's victory means software developers who believe programming language APIs are fair use can breath a sigh of relief ... It would've been a serious blow to open source software development ... ....

Noble Iron Announces First Quarter 2016 Results

Edit Stockhouse 27 May 2016
Software revenue remained relatively flat on a year over year basis as last year contained a number of one-time revenue gains and the company's new software products currently remain early in the roll-out stage ... As such, the Company's software group remains focused on the roll out of new applications such as "Fleet Logic" and "Insight" ... Noble Iron Inc.'s software segment operates under the name, "Texada Software"....

Google Got Out Of That $9B Oracle Lawsuit Scot-Free

Edit WPTV 27 May 2016
In 2010, Oracle sued Google for $9 billion, claiming the tech giant used parts of its Java software in Android phones without asking for permission ... community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming language."....
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