The Supreme Court justices rule 6-2 that Google used only the amount of Oracle code necessary to transform Java into "a highly creative and innovative tool for a smartphone environment." ...

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news ...

By a 6-2 vote, the nation's highest court held that Google's copying of Oracle's Java API was fair use. The ruling means Google won't have to pay billions of dollars in damages to Oracle.

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.

Oracle wins appeal of 2012 court ruling in its lawsuit against Google over Java in Android, and experts say the case could have implications for all software vendors.