Although Google does not publicly report financial information about Android, some figures have come out through the company’s legal battle with Oracle concerning copyright violation in the mobile OS’s programming.
In 2010, the mobile platform reported a net loss in each quarter even though it did earn Google $97.7 million in revenue in Q1.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said, “that adds up to a big loss for the whole year,” although he did not announce specific loss figures.
“Oracle sued Google in August 2010, saying Android infringes on its intellectual property rights to the Java programming language,” Reuters explains, adding the company, “contends that Google should not be able to deduct certain Android expenses for the purposes of copyright damages in the case.”
Google has denied any violations on the grounds that Java is open-source software language.
It might be interesting to see what Oracle stands to gain from the lawsuit if Google has been posting significant losses on the platform.
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