Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn’t have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system on mobile devices.

“The dispute is over pre-written directions known as application program interfaces, or APIs, which can work across different type...

Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn’t have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system on mobile devices.

“The dispute is over pre-written directions known as application program interfaces, or APIs, which can work across different type...