Oracle suffers major setback in Google case

01 Jun, 2012, 12:35 pm IST Software

A U.S. judge dismissed Oracle Corp's copyright claims against Google Inc for parts of the Java programming language, knocking out Oracle's prime vehicle ... More

Jury declares that Google did not infringe Oracle patents

24 May, 2012, 9:39 am IST Web services

Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided in a high-stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley More

Apple, Samsung CEOs head to court-ordered play date

21 May, 2012, 10:56 am IST General

The chiefs of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different ... More

Oracle patent claims vs. Google sent to jury

16 May, 2012, 8:44 am IST General

A California jury began another round of deliberations on Tuesday in a high profile trial over allegations that Google's Android mobile platform violates ... More

Google infringed on Oracle's Java copyrights - jury

08 May, 2012, 8:44 am IST General

Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation. More

Judge urges more deliberations in Android case

07 May, 2012, 9:41 am IST General

A judge urged jurors to resume deliberating Oracle Corp's copyright claims against Google over the Android mobile platform, ... More

Judge may accept partial verdict in Google-Oracle case

05 May, 2012, 1:52 pm IST Naina Khedekar General

Oracle has sued Google in a federal court, claiming that latter’s Android mobile platform violated its patents ... More

Nokia files patent lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic

03 May, 2012, 10:48 am IST Mobile phones

Wounded cellphone maker Nokia has turned on one of its former allies in the patent protection battlefield by filing lawsuits against rival smartphone ... More

Copyright case in Oracle vs. Google goes to jury

02 May, 2012, 2:09 pm IST Mobile phones

Jurors began deliberating on Monday about whether Google Inc violated Oracle Corp's copyright on parts of the Java programming language ... More

Google trial docs show plans for growth past search

26 Apr, 2012, 9:20 am IST Mobile phones

Google Inc projected in 2010 it would get more than 35 percent of its 2013 revenue from outside its flagship search operation, anticipating three ... More

Nokia, HTC win European patent ruling

26 Apr, 2012, 9:05 am IST Smartphones

Finland's Nokia and Taiwan's HTC won a key European ruling that a patent of German firm IPCom, which was threatening sales of their phones in Germany, ... More

Google's Eric Schmidt set to testify in smartphone trial

25 Apr, 2012, 1:08 pm IST Smartphones

Google's former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, is slated to testify on Tuesday as Oracle's final witness in the first part of a high stakes trial over smartphone ... More

ITC judge says that Apple infringed on Motorola Mobility patent

25 Apr, 2012, 9:40 am IST Smartphones

Apple Inc infringed on a Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc patent in making its popular iPhones, iPads and other products, a judge for the International Trade ... More

Oracle probes Google engineer about key email

20 Apr, 2012, 12:35 pm IST Smartphones

A Google engineer, testifying in a high-stakes trial pitting Oracle Corp against Google Inc, denied that he referred to Oracle or any other company More

Oracle considered buying RIM and Palm to enter smartphone market

18 Apr, 2012, 12:48 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones 1 Comments

Oracle might be in its own tussle with Google over patents used in their Android smartphone platform, however, they're still trying to find ways to enter More

Google says Oracle should not get piece of Android

18 Apr, 2012, 8:40 am IST Smartphones

Oracle is trying to obtain a share of Android by asserting its intellectual property even though it had nothing to do with the development of the smartphone ... More

Oracle says Google's own emails show its guilt

17 Apr, 2012, 2:28 pm IST Smartphones

An Oracle attorney cited emails between top executives at Google as prime evidence that Google took its intellectual property to gain an edge in the lucrative More

Oracle suit vs. Google over Android hits trial

17 Apr, 2012, 10:00 am IST Smartphones

Jury selection in a high-stakes dispute over smartphone technology between Oracle Corp and Google Inc is set to begin here on Monday morning, kicking off a trial in which both companies' chief executives are set to take the stand. More

Research in Motion sued by NXP over patents

04 Apr, 2012, 10:00 am IST Smartphones

A Dutch semiconductor company said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit against Research In Motion Ltd, adding to the BlackBerry .... More

Google proposes Android revenue slice for Oracle-filing

29 Mar, 2012, 4:03 pm IST Smartphones

Google proposed to pay Oracle a percentage of Android revenue if Oracle could prove patent infringement of the mobile operating technology at ... More