Google steers clear from Java patent infringement in Android. (Image: Miki Yoshihito, via Flickr / CC)

Google has steered clear from the Java patent infringement case filed by Oracle Corp after the jury were in complete agreement in their verdict that Oracle failed to show incriminating evidence against the use of Java in Google’s mobile operating system, Android.
Oracle’s lawsuit against Google already showed lackluster right after its filing, with long-drawn-out and frequently comic …

Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun Microsystems CEO. (Image: dkpto, via Flickr / CC)

Google now has the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle with Oracle after Jonathan Schwartz, the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, took to the witness stand that Java programming language and its application programmable interfaces (APIs) are free and available for everyone to use.
The testimony from Schwartz is the most striking statement so far in the trial involving the search giant and the business software …

Oracle culls Google attempt for settlement of Java patent infringement. (Image: Peter Kaminski, via Flickr / CC)

Legal haggling continues to ensue between Google and Oracle in seemingly hopeless efforts for settlement to avoid a face-off before a jury in their on-going patent infringement case.
Prior to an upcoming trial in April over Oracle’s claims of Java patent infringements by Google’s Android operating system, Google offered Oracle $3 million in damages, plus a portion of Android …