Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG), whose
Android software runs on more than 300 million mobile devices, denied stealing
Oracle Corp." technology to develop the program.
Google outlined a defense today in federal court in
San Francisco against Oracle's allegations of copyright and patent infringement. Oracle, the largest maker of database software, is seeking $1 billion in damages and a court order blocking Google from distributing Android unless it takes a license.
Oracle's lawyer told the jury yesterday that Google knew as far back as 2005 it had to license the
Java programming language, now owned by Oracle, to develop Android.
"Google didn't need a license to use the Java language in Android," Robert Van Nest, an attorney for Google, said today in federal court in San Francisco on the second day of an eight- week trial.
Oracle Chief Executive Officer
Larry Ellison will testify at the trial, the
Redwood City, California-based company said in a filing yesterday. Oracle also said it plans to call
Mountain View, California-based Google's CEO,
Larry Page. ...