Judge William Alsup of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California has handed a defeat to Oracle Corp by explaining in a 41-page ruling that the 37 Java APIs used in Google's Android platform are not a part of the U. S. copyright laws.

He ruled that the use of certain software code doesn't violate copyright laws. The ruling a new set back for Oracle, which had accused Google of copying its Java program to develop Android platform. Google has scored an impressive legal victory over rival Oracle in the patent infringement case between the rivals.

A federal jury had ruled that Google didn't infringe two of Oracle's patents related to the Java technology. The trial over the copyright infringement of Java in the Android software by Google also included other questions, on which Oracle received a setback.

The trail was mainly based on Oracle's claims that the open source Android software infringes on the patents and copyrights of Java. Google has repeatedly refutes these allegations since the lawsuit was filed by the company more than seven months ago.

Oracle had accused fellow Silicon Valley giant of knowingly stealing its technology, which is now used in the ever growing Android platform for tablet computers and smartphones. Oracle is accusing fellow Silicon Valley giant of knowingly stealing its technology, which is now used in the ever growing Android platform for tablet computers and smartphones.