Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)
Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)
Posted May 1, 2012 4:15 UTC (Tue) by xtifr (guest, #143)Parent article: Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)
Posted May 1, 2012 14:46 UTC (Tue)
by rdale (subscriber, #70788)
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"Note that this isn't the whole case; this is just the copyright portion of the case. The patents are still to come." The aren't multiple patents - as far as I know it is just a single patent at issue which is about initializing static arrays. That doesn't sound like it is innovative earth shattering stuff that Oracle deserves to get hundreds of millions of dollars for to me. So if Oracle lose the copyright part, it looks like their case has pretty much fizzled out.
Posted May 2, 2012 5:11 UTC (Wed)
by xtifr (guest, #143)
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Posted May 2, 2012 8:00 UTC (Wed)
by drago01 (subscriber, #50715)
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I'd say months ... I am pretty sure that whoever looses this will appeal the court decision so ...
Posted May 2, 2012 9:16 UTC (Wed)
by rdale (subscriber, #70788)
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But because the rejection isn't final, Oracle's still going to be allowed to present it in court. Oracle asked the judge to allow the patent to be included in the trail, but the judge rejected their request as the trial had already started. From Groklaw:
Update: 5: Dan Levine has now tweeted that the judge has said no to Oracle's request. And he has indeed: "Oracle will be required to stand by its word and live with the dismissal with prejudice."
Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)
Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)
Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)
Fair use or "first excuse"? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury (ars technica)