Google's Eric Schmidt Defends Android in Oracle Trial
Taking the stand on Tuesday during the ongoing trial over Google's use of the Java programming language on its Android mobile operating system, Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt strongly defended the company against accusations that it illegally lifted parts of the Java platform from Sun Microsystems. After purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2010, software giant Oracle sued Google over Android's use of Java, claiming patent and copyright infringement. The trial kicked off last week at a federal court in San Francisco, and Schmidt is among many big tech names to testify, including current Google CEO Larry Page and Oracle boss Larry Ellison. But Oracle counsel David Boies said that Google was the only company using Java's APIs without a license, and he inferred that Google had always intended to utilize the Sun's Java APIs.
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