Google Beats Oracle's $9B Copyright Suit With Fair Use Win

By Bill Donahue (May 26, 2016, 4:07 PM EDT) -- Google won a high-profile jury verdict Thursday that its use of Oracle's copyrighted Java software code in its Android mobile operating system was protected by the fair use doctrine, clearing the company of liability that could have reached $8.8 billion....

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