Illustration of the fight between Oracle and Google.

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AFP

The decision is a pretty impressive jackpot.

The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google on Monday in its legal battle against the American software company Oracle to determine whether the internet giant had the right to copy parts of the Java programming language to develop its Android operating system.

In its decision, the highest American judicial body considers that the use of Java code by Google constitutes "legitimate use" in terms of intellectual property, putting an end to a resounding saga involving billions of dollars in copyright .

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