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Intellectual Property

Jul. 23, 2011

Google faces off with Oracle over Java

If Google Inc. loses an upcoming intellectual property infringement trial against Oracle Corp. over its use of the computer programming language Java, it could face hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, a judge said Thursday.


By Craig Anderson and Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writers


SAN FRANCISCO If Google Inc. loses an upcoming intellectual property infringement trial against Oracle Corp. over its use of the open-source computer programming language Java, it could face hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, Northern District Judge William Alsup said in a hearing Thursday.


Alsup made the comment as lawyers for the technology companies haggled over wheth...

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