If not, the court will have to assess the damages.
The huge fine is not the only concern that Google will have to worry about.
Google had abandoned licensing negotiations with Sun Microsystems, which developed the JAVA APIs, in use on Android.
So, the case is back in federal court in San Francisco.
It is expected to use several weeks on the court calendar.
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What does transformative mean?
Alsup wrote to the jury.
The more transformative a work is, the less the other factors like commercialism matter.
This will be an important factor in the trial.
However, Oracle argues that the development of Android didnt change the nature of the APIs.
Most of the jurors were not aware of this high-profile case.
source: www.techworm.net
