Google Inc. and Oracle Corp. have yet to reach an agreement to settle litigation over Google’s mobile-phone technology at the heart of the Android operating system.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal has called both companies back to a second settlement conference that is scheduled for Wednesday morning in a San Jose, Calif., federal court, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
The top execs at Google and Oracle were unable to finalize any terms of a settlement on Monday during face-to-face talks over Oracle’s claims that Android infringes on patents and copyrights associated with its Java technology, according to the report. Oracle obtained the Java technology through its 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Last year, Oracle filed suit against Google, accusing the search engine giant of violating seven Java patents and related copyrights, and seeking monetary damages and an injunction that would effectively shut down sales of smartphones that run Android, the fast-growing mobile operating system.
The lawsuit asserted that Android competes with Oracle’s Java as an operating system software platform for cellular phones and other mobile devices. A trial has tentatively been scheduled for next month if no settlement can be reached, Dow Jones said.
The case is Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
