Oracle wants billions of dollars from Google in Java lawsuit

From CNET News.com: Oracle is seeking billions of dollars in damages from Google over a lawsuit in which the search giant has been accused of infringing on patents related to Java.

In the lawsuit filed last August, Oracle claimed that Google is infringing on Java copyrights and patents through its use of code related to the programming language in Android. Oracle acquired Java when it officially purchased Sun Microsystems in early 2010.

The amount of damages sought by Oracle was publicly revealed for the first time in a court filing yesterday. Google has called the damages report "unreliable and results-oriented," according to Reuters and has been claiming that the estimates are inaccurate and inflated, according to a letter sent to the court from Google's legal team earlier this month.

"Oracle's 'methodology' for calculating damages is based on fundamental legal errors and improperly inflates their estimates," Google said in a statement sent to Bloomberg yesterday.

Google has also asked the court to keep certain details about the damages private, a move that prompted Oracle to accuse the search giant of trying to conceal that information, added Reuters. But the presiding judge, U.S. District Judge William Alsup, has ordered Google to reveal the information on the damages for the record by today.

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