In this file photo earlier this month, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. On Wednesday, a San Francisco federal court ruled that Google's Android operating system for smartphones did not infringe Oracle's patents. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/File)
3:58 pm ET -Android did not infringe Oracle patents, court rules, in a major blow to Oracle. Android ruling means Oracle won't collect billions of dollars in royalties from Google.
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