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Wednesday, 05/23/2012 4:52:32 PM

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:52:32 PM

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Google did not infringe Oracle patents -
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-did-not-infringe-oracle-192323058.html


By Dan Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided in a high-stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.
Because the same jury could not unanimously agree on the copyright allegations earlier in the case, the latest verdict on patents effectively puts an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages.
The verdict was delivered on Wednesday in a San Francisco federal court, and confirmed by a Google spokesman. An Oracle attorney declined to comment on the decision.
The jury found earlier that Oracle had proven copyright infringement for parts of Java. But the jury could not unanimously agree on whether Google could fairly use that material.

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