Sun and Google executives both understood that Google’s implementation of Java in Android constituted fair use, years before Oracle finalized its purchase of Sun in 2010, according to Van Nest.

Oracle's lawsuit against Google for Java patent infringement highlights how Android is going to become a big target in court. Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor Aug. 12, 2010, 9:41 p.m. PT ...

The Java platform has “appeared rudderless for the last few years,” said Google’s chief Java architect, Josh Bloch, speaking Wednesday at the Red Hat Middleware 2020 virtual conference.

Structure of the trial Google and Oracle’s legal dispute over whether Google needed a license to reverse engineer Sun’s Java technology for Android goes back more than two years, and ...