Google hits back at Oracle's lawsuit

From InfoWorld: Google will put up a fight in response to the patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit that Oracle filed over the use of Java in the Android mobile phone platform.

Oracle's lawsuit is a disappointing and "baseless" attack not only against Google but also against the open-source Java community, Google spokesman Aaron Zamost said on Friday.

"The open-source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the Web a better place. We will strongly defend open-source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform," he said.

Google infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property "knowingly, directly, and repeatedly," Oracle said on Thursday in a statement about the lawsuit, which it filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Along with its acquisition of Sun Microsystems earlier this year, Oracle also obtained Sun's Java technology. Oracle is specifically taking issue with the Dalvik Java compatible technology Google developed for Android.

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