The May 9 decision backed Judge Plager’s opinion. Oracle inherited the copyrights for Java when it acquired Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion in January 2010. Ball Now in Google’s Court ...

Oracle calls dibs on the Java APIs, even if Java itself is open. If the court agrees, it'll be bad news for developers everywhere.

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington ruled that Oracle can copyright Java application programming interfaces (APIs), overturning a June 2012 court ruling that ...

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK).

After a long legal battle, Google is moving to a completely open implementation of Java in Android N.

Google’s use of the Oracle’s Java programming language in the Android operating system is legal, a federal jury found today in a verdict that could have major implications for the future of ...

Google said in a statement that its victory was good for everybody. "Today's verdict that Android makes fair use of Java APIs represents a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming ...