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Intellectual Property

Sep. 7, 2012

Judge drops inquiry into Oracle-Google paid commenters

U.S. District Judge William Alsup has announced he is satisfied with Google Inc. and Oracle Corp.'s disclosures of any paid commentators and journalists who opined on their patent and copyright case.

By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

U.S. District Judge William Alsup has announced he is satisfied with Google Inc. and Oracle Corp.'s disclosures of any paid commentators and journalists who opined on their patent and copyright case. The San Francisco judge wrote Wednesday that he will take no further action. In a short order on an unrelated motion, Alsup took the opportunity to throw out the controversy and reassured both parties that no paid commentary influenc...

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