Two years ago its case seemed dead in the water, but Oracle now can pursue its high-profile copyright suit against Google over Android's use of Java.

Google not only argued that APIs can't be copyrighted, Google also argued that its use of Oracle's Java API was legal under copyright's fair use doctrine.

News Google Wins—Java APIs Are a Fair Use, High Court Rules The Supreme Court justices rule 6-2 that Google used only the amount of Oracle code necessary to transform Java into "a highly ...

The Supreme Court has sided with Google in the long-running Java API copyright case known as Oracle v. Google, finding that Google is legally entitled to use elements of Java APIs in its Android code.

After a long legal battle, Google is moving to a completely open implementation of Java in Android N.

Oracle calls dibs on the Java APIs, even if Java itself is open. If the court agrees, it'll be bad news for developers everywhere.

Google said in a statement that its victory was good for everybody. "Today's verdict that Android makes fair use of Java APIs represents a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming ...

Google’s use of the Oracle’s Java programming language in the Android operating system is legal, a federal jury found today in a verdict that could have major implications for the future of ...

On Monday, a jury is set to decide whether Google infringed Oracle's copyrights in cloning the Java APIs on its Android mobile operating system. But that's not the big decision. The big one comes ...