At issue were 37 Java API packages that Oracle claimed were copyrighted and patent protected and which Google has used in Android without obtaining a license first.

The dispute between Oracle and Google involves 37 Java API packages that Oracle claims are copyrighted and patent protected and which Google has used in Android without obtaining a license first.

“Google’s use of the Java API packages was not fair,” appeals court rules Oracle wants $8.8 billion, but that’s now for a lower court to determine.

Over the years, the parties have wrestled over not only whether the declaring code and the structure, sequence and organization (SSO) of the Java API packages are entitled to copyright protection ...

The Court concluded that Google’s use of Oracle’s Java application programming interface (API) packages in its Android operating system did not qualify as fair use as a matter of law.

Judge William Alsup then asked Bloch to explain how packages, classes and method apply to Java APIs. Bloch said the API would be like an address, the package the city, the class the street and the ...

The Java APIs that Google used to develop Android were protected by copyright law, a court has ruled -- now Google has defend its moves as "fair use" or potentially pay Oracle billions.

The complaint from Oracle (or more formally, Oracle America, Inc.) asserted, among other things, that Google’s use in Android of several dozen Java API packages constitutes copyright infringement.

All Android operating systems infringe Java API packages, Oracle says Judge asked to block "continued acts of infringement of the Java platform." David Kravets – Aug 13, 2015 10:31 AM | 1.7k ...

Although Java is offered as an open source platform, which means it is supposed to be openly accessible for developers, Oracle had argued this openness did not extend to the API packages.

A district court judge has ruled that the Java APIs in Android are not eligible for protection under U.S. copyright law, marking a defeat for Oracle in a high-stakes lawsuit against Google. The ...