Oracle has sued Google, accusing the company of violating copyright and patent rights, reports MarketWatch. The lawsuit seeks a Californian District Court in Northern California.
In Oracle believe that Google is in the development of mobile operating system Android is constantly and deliberately used intellectual property associated with the programming language Java. The representative of Oracle has already stated that the purpose of the claim - to take measures to protect against further violations.
The Java programming language was developed by Sun in 1995. The slogan of the platform has become the expression "you make once - run anywhere» (Write once - run anywhere). At January 2010 Oracle has bought the Sun and acquired the rights to Java.
As noted by CNET News, Google Android applied in the design implementation of Java, differing from the standard that potentially violate the main principle of the platform. In addition, Oracle perceived as a competitor Android Java, widely used for writing mobile applications.
The lawsuit by the representatives of Oracle also reported that Google had the opportunity to get acquainted with the intellectual property of the company as a corporation at one time hired engineers from Sun. In particular, the development of Java at the time was headed by Eric Schmidt, is currently holding the post of CEO in Google.
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