Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

  1. October 26, 2016

    Oracle Takes Google Copyright Case To Fed. Circ.

    Oracle filed an appeal Wednesday of its defeat in an $8.8 billion copyright lawsuit against Google, formally launching the next phase of their six-year battle over the Android operating system.

  2. September 28, 2016

    Oracle Loses Bid For New Copyright Trial Against Google

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused a request from Oracle for a new trial in its blockbuster copyright case against Google, calling the company's self-proclaimed "game changing" arguments "inconsequential."

  3. September 23, 2016

    BigLaw Allergy To 'Sorry' On Display In Orrick Sanction Spat

    There are lots of ways to say "I'm sorry," but BigLaw excels at finding ways around the mea culpa, experts said, despite copious research pointing to the professional — and legally strategic — benefits of a heartfelt apology.

  4. September 22, 2016

    Orrick Atty 'Screwed Up' In Oracle-Google Battle, Judge Says

    A California federal judge had harsh words for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette Hurst during a hearing Thursday on Google's motion for sanctions against Oracle in their software copyright fight, saying she "screwed up" by revealing sealed Google revenue numbers in open court with a journalist present.

  5. August 25, 2016

    Google, Oracle Trade Shots Over Android Expansion Plans

    Oracle wants a retrial in a massive IP row after a jury found that the use of building blocks of Oracle's Java in Google's Android operating system was fair, accusing Google Thursday of defrauding the court by insisting Android only ran on smartphones, while Google said it was known all along that Android was going to expand to other devices.

  6. August 17, 2016

    Oracle Says Jury Erred, Asks Judge To Nix Google IP Win

    Oracle urged a California federal judge Wednesday to override a jury's May verdict and find that Google infringed its Java software copyright, or at least grant a new trial, arguing Google withheld important evidence and wasn't entitled to assert fair use because it used the code for commercial development.

  7. August 12, 2016

    Google, Oracle Should Let Young Attys Argue, Judge Says

    Counsel for Google Inc. and Oracle America Inc. should give their young attorneys opportunities to argue in court, a California federal judge told the parties in a short order on Friday in a dispute over whether Oracle's Java code can be copyrighted.

  8. August 09, 2016

    Oracle Says Google's Bid To Sanction Lawyer Is A Reach

    Oracle shot back at Google's bid for sanctions over an Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney's alleged disclosure of court-protected secrets at an open hearing in the rivals' dispute over Oracle's Java code in California, saying Monday the sanctions request was "unprecedented."

  9. July 28, 2016

    'No Question' Google Copying Java Not Fair Use, Oracle Says

    Oracle fired back Wednesday at Google's attempts to stub out its bid for a new trial after a high-profile jury verdict that found Google's use of Oracle's copyright Java software code was protected by fair use, saying "there's no question" the jury got it wrong.

  10. July 21, 2016

    Google Blasts Oracle Trial Bid, Renews Orrick Sanctions Call

    Google Inc. on Wednesday defended a high-profile jury verdict that its use of Oracle's copyrighted Java software code was protected by fair use, telling a California federal court Oracle shouldn't get a new trial and reviving a sanctions bid against Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette Hurst.

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