Oracle denies buying Sun to sue Google over Java Reuters May 16, 2016 10:29 PM Love reading VB using RSS? We've migrated our RSS feed to FeedBurner. and read VentureBeat in your favorite RSS reader. (Reuters ) – Oracle did not acquire Sun Microsystems in 2009 in order to launch a copyright lawsuit against Google, but rather to protect its products that relied on Sun's software, Oracle co-Chief Executive Safra Catz told jurors on Monday. In a trial at San Francisco federal court, Oracle claims Google's Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of the Java programing language. Alphabet's Google unit said it should be able to use Java without paying a fee under the fair-use provision of copyright law. Oracle acquired Sun in 2010 and sued Google after negotiations broke down. The jury was deadlocked in a trial in 2012. If the current jury rules against Google on fair use, then it would consider Oracle's reques...