Sure, but it appears that there was no intent and that the actual damages from the infringement are roughly $0. It may result in a small penalty, but it's in no way a threat to Android's future.
Yup, statutory damages for copyright infringement suck for individuals, but for someone like Google they're not awful (AFAIR it's something like $7,500 or $150,000 depending on something per count).
True, but if they did ship something tainted, then that could be a very large count.
> It may result in a small penalty
Especially considering they did register their copyright on Java 5. I know because I have read the court exhibits.