Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules Code, structure, sequence, and API organization entitled to copyright protection. David Kravets – May 9, 2014 11:58 am | 410 ...

Well, if you weren't aware, during the copyright phase of the trial, the jury found that Google had infringed the structure, sequence and organization of Oracle's Java APIs.

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.

The company scanned 15 million lines of Android code and found one simple nine-line function that had been copied from Java; that code is no longer in Android, and Oracle will be limited to ...