Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property
Mar. 28, 2018
Oracle reversal of Google defense win expected to reach high court
In a sweeping win for Oracle Corp. that could have a dramatic impact on the software industry unless overturned on appeal, a federal appellate court wiped out Alphabet Inc.-owned Google's defense victory in a copyright infringement trial worth nearly $9 billion in damages.
In a sweeping win for Oracle Corp. that could have a dramatic impact on the software industry unless overturned on appeal, a federal appellate court on Tuesday wiped out Alphabet Inc.-owned Google's defense victory in a copyright infringement trial worth nearly $9 billion in damages.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Google's use of some of Oracle's Java programming code in its Androi...
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