A US Judge has sided with Oracle in the lawsuit against Google - the company sued its rival over use of Java programming language in Android last year. Oracle acquired the rights to Java early last year, when they bought Sun Microsystems (Java had been mainly open source when under Sun).
Judge William Alsup has largely backed up Oracle’s claims and a tentative claims construction order has been issued that outlines the scope of Oracle’s patents.
Out of seven patents, three were addressed and the judge favoured four of the five technical terms as interpreted by Oracle, leaving Google out in the cold. Such an outcome is not good for Google, a huge knock on effect could ensue, affecting the millions of Android devices on the market.
The likely option for Google, if it doesn’t win, is to arrange a licensing agreement of some kind. However, there is a small window for change, or delaying the outcome, as the rivals have until today to object to the judge’s ruling.
Oracle must be happy – but is there anything Google can do?
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