Oracle CEO Safra Catz: “We did not buy Sun to file this lawsuit”
Oracle CEO Safra Catz, speaking at Oracle OpenWorld in 2011. (credit: KIMIHIRO HOSHINO / AFP / Getty Images.)
SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle CEO Safra Catz took the stand in federal court today as her company makes its case that Google should pay billions of dollars for using 37 Java APIs in its Android operating system.
Oracle, which acquired Java when it purchased Sun Microsystems, sued Google over the APIs in 2010. In 2012, a judge ruled that APIs can’t be copyrighted at all, but an appeals court disagreed. Now Oracle may seek up to $ 9 billion in damages, while Google is arguing that its use of the 37 APIs constitutes “fair use.”
Catz, who is co-CEO together with Mark Hurd, began by running through the basics of her background. Born in Israel, she moved to the US with her parents in 1967 and became an American citizen in 1972. She joined Oracle in 1999 and rose through the ranks to become president, the role she had during the 2012 trial against Google. Questioned by Oracle attorney Annette Hurst, Catz explained how her company reached the decision to purchase Sun Microsystems.
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