Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has updated its lawsuit against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and is now claiming that the latter has "directly copied" programming code from its Java code. Oracle acquired Sun earlier this year, which is the birthplace of the Java programming language. In response, Google called the entire lawsuit baseless, and talked down on Oracle's preference toward litigation versus its own "philosophy of innovation."

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Oracle made a new filing midweek that stated "In at least several instances, Android computer program code also was directly copied from copyrighted Oracle America code." In addition, the database giant says that one-third of Android's API packages were a "derivative of Oracle's copyrighted Java API packages."

Specifically, Oracle says that "the infringed elements of Oracle America's copyrighted work include Java method and class names, definitions, organization and parameters; the structure, organization and content of Java class libraries; and the content and organization of Java's documentation," reports Network World.

On its part, Google has vowed to defend itself against the lawsuit, though it is unlikely that this case will be resolved anytime in the near future. As such, it is highly improbable that the ongoing case will stymie the current batch of Android-based smartphones and tablets flooding the market.

For more on this story:
- check out this article at Network World
- check out this article at The Wall Street Journal

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