The long-running patent dispute between Google and Oracle ended in a victory for Google.

A San Francisco court has ruled that Google is not guilty of using technologies protected by Oracle patents.

This patent dispute first began in August 2010. Oracle accused Google of infringing its intellectual property, specifically Java programming language technologies. Oracle believed Google had used these technologies in its Android mobile operating system.

Oracle demanded $1 billion in compensation from Google.

The jury found that Google did not infringe the patents cited in the case. Google representatives called the court's decision a victory not only for Google but for the entire Android platform ecosystem.

It's worth remembering that a previous court ruling found that Google infringed patents on certain Java components, particularly APIs, in its Android code. In this case, Google could be awarded up to $150,000 in damages for each of these infringements.

The court's decision will be especially important for Google from a financial standpoint, as the company was prepared to pay a fine of $2.8 million and make ongoing payments of 0.5% of the revenue received from the Android platform for the first patent and 0.015% for the second.

It should be noted that Oracle may still appeal the copyright decision.