The verdict form asks four questions, each broken into multiple parts. The first, considered the most important, is whether Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android infringed Oracle's Java copyrights. A second part to that question asks, if Google did infringe, was its infringement covered by "fair use," which permits copying under limited circumstances.

Another question asks whether public statements by Sun Microsystems, which developed Java, could have led Google to believe it didn't need a license for the technology. A second part asks if Google acted on that advice.

"After an extensive and thorough review of all the evidence and input from fellow jurors, we have reached a verdict unanimously for all questions on the special verdict form except one," the jury foreman told the court.

The lawyers in the case have been debating what to do if the jury agrees on only some of the questions. Alsup has said that issues that don't get resolved could be put to another jury later, and the jury in this case can move on to the patent and damages phases.