Google Android Didn’t Infringe Oracle Patents, Jury Says
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Google Inc., the largest Web search provider, didn’t infringe Oracle Corp.’s patents in developing Android software, a federal jury found in the second phase of an intellectual-property trial in San Francisco.
The 10-person jury ruled unanimously today that neither of the two patents at issue was infringed. Jurors found May 7 that Google infringed Oracle’s copyrights and deadlocked on whether it was “fair use,” denying Oracle the ability to seek as much as $1 billion in damages from the search engine company. Last year Oracle said copyright damages could amount to $6 billion.