Google faces court challenge from Oracle

Posted in: Mobile & Wireless at 16/04/2012 21:10

Google's Android operating system will face its first big court challenge on Monday as a trial gets under way in California to consider a claim from software group Oracle that could top $1bn.

If successful, Oracle would be in a position to seek an injunction blocking US sales of Android handsets, which have overtaken Apple's iPhone to become the biggest-selling smartphone platform worldwide.

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