Oracle v. Google (2010, USA)

In August 2010, Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google for patent infringement related to the Java programming language distributed on Google's Android software. The lawsuit was filed at the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Oracle acquired Java when they purchased Sun.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• Phone patent litigation

External links

News from 13 Aug 2010

• Oracle sues Google over Java in Android, The Register
• Oracle sues Google, says Android infringes seven Java patents (plus unspecified copyrights), by Florian Mueller

Background

• Dalvik: how Google routed around Sun’s IP-based licensing restrictions on Java ME, 12 Nov 2007