(MENAFN) Oracle's ongoing copyright lawsuit against Google over Android continues as the coming round will start on May-9, and the Redwood City-based giant will to try to convince the jury that Google owes it USD9.3 billion.
Google has been arguing that its use of Java is covered by fair use, which allows limited copying, however this new jury trial will decide whether Google had the right to use the code for free or if Google owes Oracle damages and how much.
Oracle is justifying the damages claim by planning to reveal information about how much Google is profiting from Android, and to clearly show that it's a multibillion-dollar business for the giant search engine.
Moreover, Oracle and Google have been fighting in court for years over Android's use of certain parts of Java, a programming language acquired by Oracle when it bought Java's creator, Sun Microsystems, back in 2009.
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