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• Google Says It Didn’t Need License to Use Java in Android

  Google Inc., whose Android software runs on more than 300 million mobile devices, denied stealing Oracle Corp.’ technology to develop the program.

• Oracle Tells Jury Google Stole Technology to Make Andoid

  Google Inc. knew as far back as 2005 that it had to license the Java programming language to develop Android software and didn’t strike a deal because it didn’t want to share portions of the mobile phone operating system, an Oracle Corp. attorney told a federal jury.

• Hynix, Oracle, Google, 2012 Olympics: Intellectual Property

  The jury deliberating whether Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Micron Technology Inc. conspired to push Rambus Inc. out of the memory-chip market is reviewing trial testimony by Farhad Tabrizi, a former Hynix executive.

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  Amazon Fire Takes Android for Free While Leaving Google Apps Behind: Tech

  Since Google Inc. introduced its Android operating system in 2007, the company’s strategy has been simple: Give it to developers for free and make money when consumers click ads on the Web or through apps. That model is hitting a snag.

• Google Loses Bid to Keep E-Mail Out of Java Patent Case

  Google Inc. lost a bid to keep an engineer’s e-mail saying the company should negotiate a license for the Java programming language out of an Oracle Corp. lawsuit alleging Google software infringes Java patents.

• Google Is Accused of Infringing Patents Related to Wi-Fi Locater Databases

  Google Inc. was accused by Skyhook Wireless Inc. of copying its location-finding inventions and of unfairly persuading phone makers to use Google’s product.

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  Samsung to Sell Google Phone With Facial Recognition in Challenge to Apple

  Samsung Electronics Co. will begin selling the first mobile phone run on Google Inc.’s new operating system next month, counting on facial-recognition security to help challenge Apple Inc.’s iPhone.

• Google Rejects Skyhook’s Allegations Over Android Phone-Location Service

  Google Inc. rejected allegations that it undermined plans by Samsung Electronics Co. and the former Motorola Inc. to use a competing location-finding service on Android-based mobile phones.

• Apple, Google, Georgia-Pacific, TCW: Intellectual Property

  Apple Inc.’s patent complaint that seeks to block imports of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S mobile phone and Galaxy Tab computer will be reviewed by the U.S. International Trade Commission.

• Google Said to Approach Motorola Before Public Push From Activist Icahn

  Google Inc. approached Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. a week before activist investor Carl Icahn publicly pressed the phone maker to explore strategic alternatives, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

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• "My proposal is that we take a license."

  - Andy Rubin on Apr 16, 2012

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