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The Jury Voted 9-3 In Favor Of Google Against Oracle
Yesterday we reported that the jury voted in favor of Google. As part of a follow-up to that article, I just wanted to add that the jury was split 9-3 in favor of Google. Jury foreman Greg Thompson spent time answering questions for reporters while Oracle’s lawyers had listened quietly. It turns out that Oracle did not have a chance to win all along. Oracle had to convince the jury that some portions of their Java APIs can be classified as protected. Google uses these APIs as the foundation for the Android operating system. Judge William Alsup even prompted to consider Java APIs as being copyrighted.
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Jury Says Google Did Not Infringe Oracle Patents
The jury in the lawsuit between Oracle and Google has decided that Google has not infringed on Oracle’s patents. Oracle said that Google were using Java patents in Android illegally. “Today’s jury verdict that Android does not infringe Oracle’s patents was a victory not just for Google but the entire Android ecosystem,” said Google in a statement.
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Oracle Acquires Vitrue For $300 Million
Oracle Corporation has acquired Vitrue, a company that has built a social marketing platform, for $300 million. The acquisition will allow Oracle to give a more extensive Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube marketing platform for their enterprise clients. Vitrue was founded in May 2006 and raised around $33 million since then. It is rumored that Vitrue was getting close to $100 million in revenues for the year. Several bidders had approached Vitrue, but Oracle beat them all. Vitrue was getting near profitability and it was reported that this would be their first year in profitability. Other recent similar deals that have taken place includes Adobe acquiring Efficient Frontier for $400 million.
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Jury Finds Google Android Infringes Oracle’s Java Copyrights
A U.S. jury has found that Google Android is infringing on Oracle’s Java API copyrights. This gives Oracle a partial victory in the first part of a three-part trial against Google. The jury at a U.S. District Court in San Francisco was asked four questions about copyrights in Java code that is being used in Android.
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WATCH: Former Sun CEO Scott McNealy Interviewed About Oracle-Google Case
Former Sun CEO Scott McNealy went in court to testify about the Oracle-Google trial. Bloomberg TV followed that up yesterday with an interview. McNealy talked about Java, API licensing, and some of the social media tools he has been using to determine who people think is right. Check out the interview below:
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Java Creator James Gosling Says Google Totally Slimed Sun
Java creator James Gosling believes that Google “totally slimed” Sun Microsystems by using a large amount of Java without paying for a license. He said that he agrees with Oracle in the lawsuit between them and Google. Gosling quit his job at Sun shortly after Oracle bought the company and joined Google. Gosling then quit Google and is now working at a startup company called Liquid Robotics.
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First Google Phone Prototype Looked Like A BlackBerry
The court battle between Oracle and Google has caused some documents to be opened up containing photos of the first Android prototype from 2006. This phone was a prototype for a “Google Mass Market Phone” and it shows a portrait QWERTY keypad with a landscape screen on top. The 2006 prototype would have had a 200MHz ARM Cortex v9 processor, 64MB RAM, 3G connection, USB connectivity, Bluetooth 1.2, miniSD memory expansion, and 2 megapixel camera on the back. “At Google, we believe we can be successful in transforming the mobile experience-in the same way we have revolutionised the fixed internet experience,” stated Google in a document from back in 2006. Google never released this prototype, but they did approach T-Mobile USA with this device and was considering releasing it for $9.99 per month with an unlimited data plan.
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Larry Ellison Taking Witness Stand Today In Lawsuit Against Google
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is taking the witness stand today in Oracle’s lawsuit against Google. Ellison will be examined by Oracle’s lawyers. Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google for infringing on their patents and copyrights on Java while working on building the Android operating system.
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The Sexual Harassment Letter That Got Mark Hurd Fired
This past August former HP CEO Mark Hurd stepped down from the company after he was caught sending a sexual harassment letter. Hurd had a personal relationship with contractor Jodie Fisher, who had worked at HP as a greeter and hostess at company events. Hurd currently works at Oracle Corporation as a co-president and Meg Whitman has replaced him at Hewlett Packard. AllThingsD got their hands on the letter that attorney Gloria Allred wrote to Hurd on behalf of Jodie Fisher. I have embedded the letter below.
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Oracle’s Patent Claims Gets Rejected By USPTO
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has rejected Oracle’s patent claims against Google. On December 20th, the U.S. Patent office issued a rejection in the reexamination of Oracle’s U.S. Patent number 6,192,476. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had rejected 17 out of the 21 claims about the patent in discussion including 7 of the patent’s independent claims. Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google in 2010 over patents and copyright infringement within Java over the Android operating system.
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