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Intellectual Property

Sep. 17, 2011

Judge allows Oracle's copyright claim against Google to move forward

A San Francisco federal judge on Thursday rejected Google Inc.'s bid to dismiss a claim that it infringed Oracle Corp.'s copyrights on Java in portions of its Android operating system.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Thursday rejected Google Inc.'s bid to dismiss a claim that it infringed Oracle Corp.'s copyrights on Java, the latest in a string of pre-trial defeats for the Mountain View-based Internet company.


U.S. District Judge William Alsup's ruling comes a few days before the two technology behemoths are scheduled to meet in mediation before U.S. Magistrate Jud...

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