Google's Schmidt testifies as Oracle rests copyright case

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said in court on Tuesday that he could not recall being told in 2005 that the company needed a license from Sun Microsystems to use the Java programming language.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jury selection in a high-stakes dispute over smartp

During Google's I/O Developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Larry Page was asked how Google was going to work better with Oracle.

Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that the Internet giant's Android software infringes on patents it now holds due to the recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems.Oracle on Thursday called on a federal court to stop Google from using Java technology patented by Sun and pay an unspecified amount in damages along with legal fees.The 5.17-billion-euro (7.57-billion-dollar) deal for Sun, a one-time Silicon Valley star and developer of the popular Java programming language, was completed in January giving Oracle possession of the firm's patent library.

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Former Sun Microsystems technology executive James Gosling, designer of the popular Java computer programming language, has resigned following Sun's takeover by Oracle.Gosling, who developed Java in the early 1990s and served as the chief technology officer for various Sun products, announced his resignation in a post on his personal blog on Friday."Yes, indeed, the rumors are true: I resigned from Oracle," Gosling wrote.

The chiefs of Google and Oracle were served up to jurors on Tuesday as opening witnesses in a patent case aimed at Android software used to power smartphones and tablet computers.Oracle is accusing Google of infringing on Java computer programming language patents Oracle obtained when it bought Java inventor Sun Microsystems in a $7.4 billion deal brokered in 2009.Google has denied the patent infringement claims and said it believes mobile phone makers and other users of its open-source Android operating system are entitled to use the Java technology in dispute.