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[Update: Google will appeal] Oracle’s lawsuit over Google’s use of Java in Android has been revived

The post [Update: Google will appeal] Oracle’s lawsuit over Google’s use of Java in Android has been revived appeared first on BardTech . Update 8/29: The Federal Circuit denied Google’s appeal of the Oracle decision highlighted in the original article below. Google now says they will take the case to the Supreme Court, which was always the most-likely outcome. Google’s statement is below. The Google-Oracle feud has been ongoing since 2010. Java was created by Sun Microsystems back in the 1990s and Oracle acquired the company in 2010. A few months later, Oracle accused Google of using its copyrighted APIs and patents to develop Android and filed a lawsuit. Since then, we have seen the two companies wage a protracted legal battle in US courts. In 2012, Google won a victory as a jury determined that Google did not owe anything to Oracle. But Oracle appealed the decision using the appeals process in the US. In 2016, the jury agreed that Google’s use of the APIs was considered fai...