Android earned Google $22 billion in profit, says Oracle
Mountain View, which has been treating its mobile platform’s earnings as a top secret info, has asked the judge to seal the transcript from that part of the hearing. The company says the lawyer got her information from internal, confidential documents marked “Attorney’s Eyes Only” and should never have been released. “That non-public financial data is highly sensitive, and public disclosure could have significant negative effects on Google’s business,” the company writes in its request.
Oracle and Google have been duking it out in court for years now. In a nutshell, Oracle wants a slice of Android’s earnings, since Mountain View used its Java software to develop the mobile platform. It has even expanded its complaint to include the latest versions of the OS and might now be asking for over $1 billion. Google, of course, argues that it doesn’t have to pay a fee for using Java. If the court ever decides to side with Oracle, though, it’s clear that the big G won’t have any problems paying up.
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