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Intellectual Property

Mar. 10, 2016

Oracle resists a judge's proposed ban on Internet research of jurors

Attorneys for Oracle Corp. argued Tuesday that they should be able to peruse social media profiles of potential panel members in a copyright infringement case against Google Inc.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Testing the boundaries of whether Internet research of prospective jurors should be barred, attorneys for Oracle Corp. argued Tuesday that they should be able to peruse social media profiles of potential panel members in a copyright infringement case against Google Inc.

Oracle and Google both filed papers in response to U.S. District Judge William Alsup's proposed ban. Oracle says such a move ...

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