Oracle economist: Android stole Java’s “window of opportunity”
Prof. Adam Jaffe’s staff photo from Brandeis University. (credit: Brandeis University)
SAN FRANCISCO—An economist hired by Oracle was sworn in and took the stand in federal court today, opining that Google’s use of Java APIs in Android shouldn’t be considered “fair use.”
The testimony by Adam Jaffe wrapped up day eight of the Oracle v. Google trial, a legal dispute that began in 2010 when Oracle sued Google’s use of the 37 Java APIs, which Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems. 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.
If Google hadn’t copied the 37 Java APIs in question, Android “very likely would not have been as successful,” Jaffe opined. He also believed that Java was “poised to enjoy continued success” in the mobile space, a point also made earlier today by former Sun licensing executives.
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