Google claims unlawful use of Java on Android, claiming compensation of more than 1 trillion yen

ByFilip Maljković

Six years ago, Oracle complained to Google that "Android is using a licensed Java platform without permission" without notice. Although the case still continues, Oracle has revealed that Google is seeking payment of 9.3 billion dollars (approximately 1.50 trillion yen) of reparations.

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In the case of Oracle and Google trial in 2012, it was deliberated whether Google's use of Java infringes copyright, and the opinion of the jury was broken. A retrial of this trial is scheduled to take place in the US District Court in San Francisco on May 9, 2016. Celebrities such as Google's Eric Schmidt and Oracle's Larry Ellison are expected to appear as witnesses at the retrial.

The chart showing the damages claim amount calculated by Mr. James Malakoowski of expert hired by Oracle is as follows. The breakdown of the amount of claims is roughly divided into two, one of which is $ 475 million (about 54 billion yen) damaged by Oracle, and the other one is $ 8.8 billion from the profit that Google made Android 1 trillion yen). In total, the amount of damages claim is ten times the amount requested at the time of the previous trial, and the reason for the increase was because it reflected the dramatic growth of Android in the smartphone market. The retrying content seems to affect six versions of Android including Android 5.0 Lollipop.


In addition, Google seems to have asked experts to calculate the amount of damages independently, but it is estimated that the amount will be about 100 million dollars (about 11 billion yen), and the amount claimed by Oracle side And it is far apart. The news site reporting this issueNetwork WorldHe asked for comments on both Google and Oracle, but he said there was no reply from either.

The problem is that when Google decides to use Java as the foundation of Android,Sun MicrosystemsI did not try to obtain a license from. In the first instance, Google has copied 37 Java application application program interfaces (APIs) to Android, revealing that Google infringes Oracle copyright. However, William Alsap of the preliminary judge ruled that Google "advantage is not subject to copyright protection" as a Google advantage. On the other hand, the subsequent appeal court ruling was content of Oracle advantage overturning Judge William's ruling. After that, after that, Google appealed to the Supreme Court, but since it was rejected, the use of Java related API is "Fair useIt is said that a trial will be held in Judge William 's court to discuss whether it falls under the title.

ByTsahi Levent-Levi

Google's lawyers claim that "37 APIs are only 1% of the total code used by the Android platform."

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