After a week of deliberation, a San Francisco jury decisively cleared Google’s Android OS of infringing on two of Oracle’s software patents, The Verge reported. The ruling a is a huge win for Google, as Oracle’s claims of patent infringement — which originally covered seven patents before the judge threw out five — could have forced Google to tweak Android and resulted in damages payments.
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