U.S Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a multibillion-dollar copyright battle with Oracle Corp., according to the CNBC. The 6-2 opinion ruling overturned a lower-court verdict for Oracle that said Google’s Android infringed its copyrights on the Java software platform.
Oracle accused Google of illegally copying more than 11,000 lines of Java API code to develop Android, which runs more than two billion devices worldwide.
Oracle previously sought as much as $9 billion in damages from Google.
The Supreme Court ruling stated that Google’s copying of some Java API code was fair use and did not violate the copyright.
Google’s chief legal officer and senior vice president for global affairs Kent Walker said the ruling “is a victory for consumers, interoperability, and computer science.”Google and Oracle stocks are currently gaining. GOOGL: NASDAQ is up 4.29%, ORCL: NYSE is up 3.66%
