Google and Oracle Dispute
LEGAL ASPECT OF MANAGEMENT
LEGAL ISSUE BETWEEN GOOGLE AND ORACLE FOR THE USE OF JAVA BY GOOGLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF ANDRIOD
UNDER GUIDANCE OF MANEESH YADAV
BY ABHISHEK DAS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION COMPANY DISPUTE LEGAL ISSUES U.S. LAWS PATENT LAWS INVENTIONS PATENTABLE INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT COPYRIGHT LAWS REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT FINDINGS CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including Internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies. Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems. Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google. Now, Google has developed this OS with the help of using Java© which is a subject of copyright and patent material of Sun Microsystems which Oracle has bought in 2010. This led to a dispute between Oracle and Google for the use of Java, which Oracle claims that Google have violated the Patent and copyright act. The topics for discussions will be the dispute between them, the legal issues involved and the U.S. laws involved in it and remedies for infringement and the ultimate decision till date.
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COMPANY DISPUTE
The trial between Oracle and Google over the use Java software within the Android platform is case of patent and copyright violation. The two firms have been at loggerheads over the issue for over a year, with Oracle claiming Google willfully refused to seek out a licensing deal over the use of the technology, which it acquired in its $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystems. Oracle said that Google deliberately
LEGAL ISSUE BETWEEN GOOGLE AND ORACLE FOR THE USE OF JAVA BY GOOGLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF ANDRIOD
UNDER GUIDANCE OF MANEESH YADAV
BY ABHISHEK DAS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION COMPANY DISPUTE LEGAL ISSUES U.S. LAWS PATENT LAWS INVENTIONS PATENTABLE INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT COPYRIGHT LAWS REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT FINDINGS CONCLUSION
3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9
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INTRODUCTION
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including Internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies. Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems. Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google. Now, Google has developed this OS with the help of using Java© which is a subject of copyright and patent material of Sun Microsystems which Oracle has bought in 2010. This led to a dispute between Oracle and Google for the use of Java, which Oracle claims that Google have violated the Patent and copyright act. The topics for discussions will be the dispute between them, the legal issues involved and the U.S. laws involved in it and remedies for infringement and the ultimate decision till date.
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COMPANY DISPUTE
The trial between Oracle and Google over the use Java software within the Android platform is case of patent and copyright violation. The two firms have been at loggerheads over the issue for over a year, with Oracle claiming Google willfully refused to seek out a licensing deal over the use of the technology, which it acquired in its $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystems. Oracle said that Google deliberately