Facebook said its conversations with underwriters were 'customary' and 'did not violate any rules'.

The jury deliberated for more than a week before finding no infringement on any claims related to two Java-related patents.

Judge Alsup's ruling means the issue of fair use will likely be put to a new jury.

The jurors will be given until Monday to try to agree on one final copyright issue.

The judge hearing the case told the court that Google lost money on Android throughout 2010.

Oracle and Google were in court Monday for the start of an eight-week jury trial over Google's use of Java in Android.

Facebook has shot back at Yahoo's patent infringement lawsuit from last month.

Oracle's Safra Catz and Google's Andy Rubin weren't able to come to an agreement in their dispute over Java technology in Android.

The company formerly known as Silicon Graphics also targets HTC, RIM, LG and Sony in a patent infringement suit.

The acquisition could help it shore up defenses against new patent infringement lawsuits.

Google's new privacy policy is already under scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe.

The long-simmering case is expected to last eight weeks.

The ailing search provider has filed a lawsuit against Facebook.

Chinese company Proview said it started developing its own "iPAD" product in 1998.

A contentious email will stay but other evidence can be excluded, a judge has ruled.

British Telecommunications claimed in a suit that Android and some other Google services infringe on six of its patents.

The jury was unable to agree on whether Microsoft acted to deliberately impede Novell's WordPerfect software.

Full case to go to court July 30, 2012.

The dispute stems from 3M's decision to use a third-party support provider to help it run its systems.

Monday's decision by the US ITC is a setback for HTC, which bought S3 amid its own patent fight with Apple.