Why did Google win vs Oracle?

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Google a major victory Monday in a multi-billion dollar copyright dispute. By a 6-to-2 vote, the court declared that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s copyright when it used a tiny portion of Oracle’s computer code lines to create a new system software for smartphones in the early 2000s.

Who won the Google vs Oracle lawsuit?

A federal circuit court ruled in Oracle’s favor in 2018, deciding that Google’s use of the technology was illegal. The Supreme Court overturned that decision on Monday in a 6-2 decision, with Justice Stephen Breyer writing the majority opinion and Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito dissenting.

What Google v Oracle means?

Google. At issue in Oracle v. Google is whether Oracle can claim a copyright on Java APIs and, if so, whether Google infringes these copyrights. For non-developers out there, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are, generally speaking, specifications that allow programs to communicate with each other. …

What are Google and Oracle fighting over?

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Google against Oracle in a long-running copyright dispute over the software used in Android, the mobile operating system. The court’s decision was 6-2.

What did Google steal from Oracle?

On August 13, 2010, Oracle sued Google for copyright and patent infringement in the District Court for the Northern District of California. Oracle asserted Google was aware that they had developed Android without a Java license and copied its APIs, and that Google therefore infringed Oracle’s copyright.

Why is the Supreme Court suing Google?

Oracle, another tech titan, had sued Google in 2010 for copyright infringement over what it said was copied computer code. But the Supreme Court let Google off the hook, overturning a lower court’s decision it had infringed copyright. The court ruled six to two in favour of Google.

How many lines of code did Google copy from Oracle?

11,500 lines
Google copied the entirety of about 11,500 lines of Java API code, which constituted 0.4\% of the total set of Java API code, including all the implementing code. Despite the verbatim copying, the Court held that it was more appropriate to take into account the several million lines that Google did not copy.

Is Oracle part of Google?

Oracle initiated the suit arguing that the APIs were copyrightable, seeking US$8.8 billion in damages from Google’s sales and licensing of the earlier infringing versions of Android….

When did Oracle vs Google happen?

April 5, 2021
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc./Dates decided