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The documents submitted by Oracle to the court show that in 2014 Apple received a billion US dollars from Google. Oracle lawyers said at the Federal Court hearing on January 14 that Google and Apple have signed an agreement to divide the latter into a certain percentage of advertising revenue obtained through its equipment.

The rumors about Google’s sharing of advertising fees with Apple have been circulating for many years, but the two parties have never publicly disclosed relevant information. Neither Apple nor Google commented further on the disclosed court documents.

The revenue sharing agreement shows that Google is determined to ensure that mobile device users use their search tools; it also shows that Apple has obtained financial benefits from Google's search advertising business. Apple CEO Tim Cook has repeatedly criticized Google search. Advertising business infringes user privacy.

Since 2010, Oracle has been suing Google for infringing the copyright of its Java software while developing Android. Oracle expanded its claims to cover a new version of Android, and the amount of compensation required may increase to more than $1 billion.

Oracle lawyer Annette Hurst (Annette Hurst) said that one of Google’s witnesses had stated that “sometimes, Apple’s revenue share is as high as 34%.” It is impossible to ascertain from court documents whether this proportion is retained by Google. The percentage of revenue paid to Apple.

Google lawyer Robert Van Nest objected to the information disclosed in the court documents and tried to ask the judge to remove 34% of the document from the document. “This proportion should be kept confidential. This is just a hypothetical number, not It should be to the public."

The judge who presided over the hearing rejected Google’s request to delete sensitive information in the document. Google asked for confidentiality of documents, saying that the disclosure of such information seriously affected its ability to negotiate similar agreements with other companies. Apple also made the same request.

In a submission filed with the court on January 20, Google stated that "The financial terms of the Google and Apple agreements are highly sensitive to both companies. Apple and Google are very careful about confidentiality."