By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. government to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a closely watched copyright dispute between Google Inc and Oracle Corp over software used to design Google’s Android smartphone operating system. Oracle sued-Google-in 2010, claiming Google-had improperly incorporated parts of its Java software into Android. Oracle is seeking roughly $1 billion on its copyright claims. The nine justices will take no further action on the case until U.S. ...



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