Oracle seeks billions from Google over Java patent
Technology • June 2011 • Views: 991
Oracle Corp. is seeking billions of dollars in damages in a patent- and copyright-infringement suit against Google Inc., claiming the search-engine company’s Android software uses technology related to the Java programming language, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court.
The amount was disclosed in a filing Thursday by Oracle seeking to block Google from keeping documents that state Oracle’s monetary claims from public view.
Litigation is a huge business in Silicon Valley…