SAN FRANCISCO Oracle v. Google is a hot mess.
In some ways, there was no more clarity by Monday, Day 21 of trial, than there was nearly two years ago when Oracle Corp. brought its suit against Google Inc. over the use of Java technology in Google’s Android mobile operating system. There is still no answer from the court on whether the technology at the heart of the smartphone battle is even something that can be copyright protected to begin with. And the partial jury verdict delivered a week ago on the first part of the trial was split all over the place, resolving nothing on Oracle’s most important claim. The jury found Google infringed Oracle’s Java technology, but couldn’t agree on whether Google could rely on a “fair use” defense.
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