Oracle seeks $1.16 bln from Google in Android case
13 years, 6 months ago

Oracle seeks $1.16 bln from Google in Android case

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Oracle Corp on Thursday estimated it suffered roughly $1.16 billion of damages from Google Inc’s alleged copyright and patent infringement of Java technology used in the Android operating system. In a court filing, Oracle said Google’s claim that the damages sought exceeded $2.2 billion “mischaracterizes” a report by Oracle damages expert Iain Cockburn, a Boston University business professor. Oracle had sued Google in August 2010, claiming that the Internet search company’s Android system infringed Java patents that Oracle had acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems Inc seven months earlier. In a letter to Alsup, Oracle lawyer Steven Holtzman said the revised damages estimate includes as much as $202 million for patent infringement, and as much as $960 million for copyright infringement.

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Google Might Have To Pay Over $100 Billion To Settle All The Lawsuits Filed Against It By Competitors & Advertisers
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Google Might Have To Pay Over $100 Billion To Settle All The Lawsuits Filed Against It By Competitors & Advertisers

ABP News  

Google has been under a lot of heat recently, especially after a federal judge ruled that the tech giant is a monopolist. The ruling determined that Google leveraged its dominance in text advertising to set “supra-competitive prices,” or prices that exceed what would be typical in a competitive market, thereby securing “monopoly profits” on text ads, such as those displayed …

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest case to focus on the search giant's business practices. The lawsuit seeks damages of up to 13.6 billion pounds on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, …

Google users to get share of $630m settlement
1 year, 3 months ago

Google users to get share of $630m settlement

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re pleased to resolve our case with the states and move forward on a settlement.” The disclosure …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai returns to court to defend internet company for second time in two weeks
1 year, 4 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai returns to court to defend internet company for second time in two weeks

Associated Press  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build. A key part of Google’s defense against that allegations that its Play Store is running an illegal monopoly on Android apps hinges on …

Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021 - Bloomberg News
1 year, 5 months ago

Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021 - Bloomberg News

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google paid $26.3 billion to other companies in 2021 to ensure its search engine was the default on web browsers and mobile phones, a top company executive testified during the Justice Department's antitrust trial, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The amount of payments Google made for the default status has more than tripled since 2014, according to senior executive …

Google hit with $15 million verdict in U.S. trial over audio patents
1 year, 9 months ago

Google hit with $15 million verdict in U.S. trial over audio patents

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google must pay patent holding company Personal Audio LLC $15.1 million for infringing two patents related to audio software, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Wednesday. Personal Audio had argued that Google's music app Google Play Music featured playlist downloading, navigation and editing features that violated its patent rights. A spokesperson for Personal Audio's …

U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case
2 years, 1 month ago

U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case

The Hindu  

U.S. Justice Department lawyers say that Alphabet Inc.'s Google destroyed internal corporate communications and have asked a federal judge to sanction the company as part of the government's antitrust case over its search business. The DOJ asserted in a court filing unsealed in a Washington D.C. federal court on Thursday that Google failed to timely suspend a policy allowing the …

Google faces $25.4 billion damages claims in UK, Dutch courts over adtech practices
2 years, 6 months ago

Google faces $25.4 billion damages claims in UK, Dutch courts over adtech practices

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts in the coming weeks by a law firm on behalf of publishers. The French competition watchdog imposed a 220-million-euro fine on the company last year while the European Commission and its …

Google to face €25 billion claims in Netherlands, UK over adtech allegations
2 years, 6 months ago

Google to face €25 billion claims in Netherlands, UK over adtech allegations

NL Times  

Tech giant Google is facing damages claims of up to 25 billion euros in two collective lawsuits announced on Tuesday. The allegations include a claim that Google has distorted competition around its own bidding auction technique for online "It is time that Google owns up to its responsibilities and pays back the damages it has caused to this important industry,” …

Google faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing
2 years, 8 months ago

Google faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing

The Hindu  

Google faces a London trial over an estimated 920-milion-pound damages claim after a court authorised a lawsuit that alleges the Alphabet-owned tech giant overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store purchases. The class action, which was certified by the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday, alleges Google abused its dominant position by charging up to 30% commission on popular apps on …

Google defends Android phone maker deals, denies carrot and stick tactics
3 years, 6 months ago

Google defends Android phone maker deals, denies carrot and stick tactics

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Tuesday said deals with Android phone makers that landed it a record 4.3-billion-euro antitrust fine boosted competition and rejected EU charges that they were a carrot-and-stick tactic that stifled rivals. Lawyers for Google and the EU competition executive clashedover the company's Mobile Application Distribution Agreements that require phone makers to pre-install the Google Search app and …

Google, in fight against record EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple
3 years, 6 months ago

Google, in fight against record EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday criticised EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro fine related to its Android operating system. "The Commission shut its eyes to the real competitive dynamic in this industry, that between Apple and Android," Google's lawyer Matthew Pickford told the …

The Hindu Explains | How will the U.S. Supreme Court verdict in the Oracle vs. Google case affect the software industry?
3 years, 11 months ago

The Hindu Explains | How will the U.S. Supreme Court verdict in the Oracle vs. Google case affect the software industry?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On April 5, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favour of Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a case where it was accused by Oracle of violating the country’s copyright law. The case, dubbed “the copyright case of the century”, began with Oracle’s charge in the San Francisco federal district court in 2010 that Google’s Android platform infringed …

Google's Copying Of Oracle's Java SE API Was 'Fair Use', Holds US Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Google's Copying Of Oracle's Java SE API Was 'Fair Use', Holds US Supreme Court

Live Law  

Putting an end to a decade long copyright battle between Google and Oracle, the Supreme Court of United States, held that Google's copying of the Java SE API was a fair use of that material.The court noted that the API included only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in …

US Supreme Court sides with Google on copyright dispute with Oracle
3 years, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court sides with Google on copyright dispute with Oracle

Firstpost  

The high court said Google did nothing wrong in copying code to develop the Android operating system now used on most smartphones. In his opinion for the court’s majority, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that Google “took only what was needed” and that “Google’s copying was transformative,” a word the court has used “to describe a copying use that adds something …

U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

The Hindu  

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc's Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp's software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world's smartphones did not violate federal copyright law. In a 6-2 decision, the justices overturned a lower court's ruling that found Google's inclusion of Oracle's software code …

Oracle’s hidden hand is behind the Google antitrust lawsuits
4 years, 3 months ago

Oracle’s hidden hand is behind the Google antitrust lawsuits

LA Times  

Under Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, Oracle worked behind the scenes for years to persuade regulators and law enforcement on at least three continents to rein in Google. Officials in more than a dozen of the states that sued Google received what has been called Oracle’s “black box” presentation showing how Google tracks users’ personal information, said Ken Glueck, Oracle’s top …

Biggest Antitrust Case Against Google! US Department Of Justice Files Lawsuit Over Charges Of Monoplising Search Services
4 years, 5 months ago

Biggest Antitrust Case Against Google! US Department Of Justice Files Lawsuit Over Charges Of Monoplising Search Services

ABP News  

The US Department of Justice and 11 state Attorney-Generals on Tuesday have filed a lawsuit against Google accusing the search giant of maintaining a monopoly in general search services.In the biggest antitrust case against a tech company in almost two decades, Google is being accused of maintaining a monopoly and practising anti-competition tactics for search and search advertising. In its …

Low tech talk in Google, Oracle high tech copyright clash
4 years, 5 months ago

Low tech talk in Google, Oracle high tech copyright clash

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The topic was high tech: the code behind smartphones. But on Wednesday the Supreme Court looked to more low tech examples, from the typewriter keyboard to restaurant menus, try to resolve an $8 billion-plus copyright dispute between tech giants Google and Oracle. “Cracking the safe may be the only way to get the money that you want, but …

Google gets mixed reception in High Court clash with Oracle
4 years, 5 months ago

Google gets mixed reception in High Court clash with Oracle

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google got a mixed reception at the U.S. Supreme Court as it sought to overturn a ruling that could force the company to pay billions of dollars for improperly using Oracle Corp.’s copyrighted code in the Android operating system. Holding a low-tech telephone session in one of the biggest software fights in American history, the justices on Wednesday …

Google and Oracle face off in US Supreme Court
4 years, 5 months ago

Google and Oracle face off in US Supreme Court

Al Jazeera  

One justice down after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, court considers whether to bend Oracle’s copyright suit. The short-handed court, down one justice following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month, heard oral arguments in Google’s appeal of a lower court ruling reviving the lawsuit in which Oracle has sought at least $8bn in damages. Oracle accused Google …

Supreme Court steps into Google-Oracle copyright fight
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court steps into Google-Oracle copyright fight

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will referee a high-profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. A federal appeals court found that Google unfairly used Java without paying for it, the second appellate ruling in Oracle’s favor. After the appeals court overturned that ruling, a jury found in a second trial that Google had made “fair …

Google appeals US Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case
6 years, 2 months ago

Google appeals US Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case

Firstpost  

Google appeals to the high court to review the long-running Oracle trial over Android Java usage Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that resurrected a billion-dollar copyright case brought by Oracle Corp that dates to 2010. Google urged the high court to rule its copying of Oracle’s Java programming language to create …

HP awarded Rs 20,000 cr in damages from Oracle after losing lawsuit
8 years, 9 months ago

HP awarded Rs 20,000 cr in damages from Oracle after losing lawsuit

India TV News  

HP awarded Rs 20,000 cr in damages from Oracle after losing lawsuit New Delhi: Software giant Oracle has been asked by a California jury to pay $3 billion dollars to HP. The judgment follows after the defeat of a copyright case Oracle brought New Delhi: Software giant Oracle has been asked by a California jury to pay $3 billion dollars …

Oracle hit with whistleblower lawsuit over cloud accounting
8 years, 10 months ago

Oracle hit with whistleblower lawsuit over cloud accounting

Live Mint  

New York/San Francisco: Oracle Corp was sued on Wednesday by a former senior finance manager who claimed she was terminated in retaliation for complaining about improper accounting practices in Oracle’s cloud services business. In a complaint filed in US District Court in San Francisco, the former executive, Svetlana Blackburn, accused upper management of trying to push her to “fit square …

Google beats Oracle on Java APIs copyright, defeating $9 billion claim
8 years, 10 months ago

Google beats Oracle on Java APIs copyright, defeating $9 billion claim

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Google won a jury verdict that kills Oracle Corp.’s claim to a $9 billion slice of the search giant’s Android phone business and may give comfort to programmers who write applications that run across different platforms without a licence. A federal appeals court’s 2014 ruling that the Java APIs are eligible for copyright protection may still have a …

In Oracle vs Google retrial, lawyers make final pitches to jury
8 years, 10 months ago

In Oracle vs Google retrial, lawyers make final pitches to jury

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp filed a multibillion-dollar copyright lawsuit against Google because Oracle failed in its own attempts to enter the smartphone market, a Google attorney said in closing arguments. In a retrial at U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Oracle Corp has claimed Google’s Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of Java, a development platform. In court on …

Oracle vs Google: Jury to hear closing arguments of $9 billion case today
8 years, 10 months ago

Oracle vs Google: Jury to hear closing arguments of $9 billion case today

Firstpost  

The on-going Oracle vs Google lawsuit that amounts up to $9 billion will move a notch closer to the verdict today. Today, the jury members will come back to hear closing arguments and begin their deliberations. The Oracle vs Google courtroom drama started in way back in 2010, a year after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and along with it the …

Oracle vs Google: The 'he said, she said' and everything in between
8 years, 10 months ago

Oracle vs Google: The 'he said, she said' and everything in between

Firstpost  

The Oracle vs Google courtroom drama started in way back in 2010, a year after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and along with it the rights to Java patents. Somewhere along the way, Google also announced that it would drop the use of Oracle’s Java APIs. Here’s are some points that Oracle lawyer Peter Bicks made: - 37 Java APIs used …

Oracle co-CEO says it did not buy Sun Micro to sue Google
8 years, 10 months ago

Oracle co-CEO says it did not buy Sun Micro to sue Google

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp did not acquire Sun Microsystems in 2009 in order to launch a copyright lawsuit against Google, but rather to protect its products that relied on Sun’s software, Oracle co-Chief Executive Safra Catz told jurors. In a trial at San Francisco federal court, Oracleclaims Google’s Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of the Java programming language. …

Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz says Google caused Oracle revenue to plummet
8 years, 10 months ago

Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz says Google caused Oracle revenue to plummet

Firstpost  

Longtime customers dramatically reduced the amount of licensing revenue they paid to use Oracle products after Google stole its copyrighted software to enter the smartphone market, Oracle’s co-chief executive Safra Catz told jurors. In a trial at San Francisco federal court, Oracle Corp has claimed Google’s Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of Java, a development platform. …

Oracle and Google fail to settle copyright lawsuit over Android OS
8 years, 11 months ago

Oracle and Google fail to settle copyright lawsuit over Android OS

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp and Alphabet’s Google unit failed to settle a long running copyright lawsuit over the Android operating system ahead of a retrial scheduled for May, according to a court docket. The case involves how much copyright protection should extend to the Java programming language, which Google used to design Android. Oracle is seeking billions in royalties for Google’s use …

Samsung agrees to hand over $548 million to Apple after losing patent lawsuit
9 years, 3 months ago

Samsung agrees to hand over $548 million to Apple after losing patent lawsuit

Daily Mail  

Samsung fought until the bitter end to avoid paying Apple, but the company now says it will finally hand over the more than $548 million it owes for infringing the patents and designs of its biggest smartphone rival. They believe that asking for profits will damage innovation The payment comes after a U.S. appeals court last May reduced a $930 …

Apple and Google agree 'no-poaching' staff deal: Report
10 years, 2 months ago

Apple and Google agree 'no-poaching' staff deal: Report

India TV News  

San Francisco: Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies have agreed to pay $415 million in a second attempt to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging they formed an illegal cartel to prevent their workers from leaving for better-paying jobs. The settlement filed Thursday in a San Jose, California, federal court revises a $324.5 million agreement that U.S. District Judge …

Apple, Google agree to new settlement to end US lawsuit over poaching
10 years, 2 months ago

Apple, Google agree to new settlement to end US lawsuit over poaching

Firstpost  

Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple and Google have agreed to a new settlement that would resolve an antitrust class action lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching each other’s employees. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, last year rejected a $324.5 million settlement of the lawsuit as too low after …

SAP stole your software, but it won't pay $1.3 billion fine: Jury to Oracle
10 years, 7 months ago

SAP stole your software, but it won't pay $1.3 billion fine: Jury to Oracle

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp failed to revive a $1.3 billion jury verdict in its long-running copyright dispute with German software company SAP SE as a U.S. appeals court said Oracle must choose to accept a lower amount or face a new trial. SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie said the ruling is favorable and “shows the strength of our position.” The case involved SAP’s …

Will Apple now sue Google?: Analysts openly question whether the two Silicon Valley giants will lock horns over the Android operating system following Samsung's $1 billion patent defeat
12 years, 7 months ago

Will Apple now sue Google?: Analysts openly question whether the two Silicon Valley giants will lock horns over the Android operating system following Samsung's $1 billion patent defeat

Daily Mail  

Will Apple now sue Google? : Analysts openly question whether the two Silicon Valley giants will lock horns over the Android operating system following Samsung's $1 billion patent defeat Technological commentators are wondering if Apple will now turn their attention to Google and their Android operating system which Samsung devices use Californian jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion …

Oracle, Google disclosures on paid bloggers lack sizzle
12 years, 7 months ago

Oracle, Google disclosures on paid bloggers lack sizzle

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp and Google Inc responded on Friday to a judge’s request for the identity of all writers who commented on the companies’ intellectual … Oracle Corp and Google Inc responded on Friday to a judge’s request for the identity of all writers who commented on the companies’ intellectual property lawsuit, and who received money from the tech giants. No …

Oracle Fights for More Scraps in Battle Over Google Android
12 years, 7 months ago

Oracle Fights for More Scraps in Battle Over Google Android

Wired  

In its heavyweight court fight with Google over the Android operating system, Oracle saw almost all of its claims rejected by judge and jury. In a recent court filing, Oracle says that nine lines of Android code lifted from its Java platform constitute copyright infringement -- even though Android as a whole spans over 15 million lines of code. Previously, …

Oracle suffers major setback in Google case
12 years, 10 months ago

Oracle suffers major setback in Google case

Firstpost  

A U.S. judge dismissed Oracle Corp’s copyright claims against Google Inc for parts of the Java programming language, knocking out Oracle’s prime vehicle … A U.S. judge dismissed Oracle Corp’s copyright claims against Google Inc for parts of the Java programming language, knocking out Oracle’s prime vehicle for damages in a high stakes legal battle over smartphones. In a trial …

Larry Ellison Claims Victory in Battle With Google
12 years, 10 months ago

Larry Ellison Claims Victory in Battle With Google

Wired  

Larry Ellison has never been one to go quietly into the night. On Wednesday, at the annual All Things D Conference in Los Angeles, the Oracle boss was asked about the company's ongoing legal battle with Google over the Android mobile operating system, and although Oracle's claims of patent and copyright infringement are now hanging by a thread, Ellison sees …

Oracle v. Google Juror: 'No Steak. Only Parsley'
12 years, 10 months ago

Oracle v. Google Juror: 'No Steak. Only Parsley'

Wired  

After sitting through the monthlong legal battle between Google and Oracle, one juror said he kept waiting for steak but all he got was parsley. According to jury foreman Greg Thompson, this unnamed juror was critiquing Oracle's efforts to show that Google had infringed on both its patents and its copyrights in building the Android mobile operating system. Yes, Judge …

Jury declares that Google did not infringe Oracle patents
12 years, 10 months ago

Jury declares that Google did not infringe Oracle patents

Firstpost  

Google Inc’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided in a high-stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley Google Inc’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided in a high-stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology. Because the same jury could not …

Oracle's Expert Says Android Ripped Off Java Patents
12 years, 10 months ago

Oracle's Expert Says Android Ripped Off Java Patents

Wired  

Google's Android operating system infringes on two patents owned by Oracle, according to Stanford professor John Mitchell, an expert witness hired by Oracle in the ongoing court battle over Android and its use of the Java programming language. During the trial -- which is now into its fourth week -- Judge William Alsup has chided both Google and Oracle for …

Google infringed on Oracle's Java copyrights
12 years, 10 months ago

Google infringed on Oracle's Java copyrights

Firstpost  

Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp’s copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation. If Google’s use of the Java programming tools is determined to be fair, the company would not be liable for damages in connection with some of Oracle’s copyrights. Google says it does not violate Oracle’s patents and …

Could an Oracle Win Against Google Blow Up the Cloud?
12 years, 10 months ago

Could an Oracle Win Against Google Blow Up the Cloud?

Wired  

A San Francisco court has spent the past few weeks considering a copyright question that could weigh heavy on the future of cloud computing. But it could affect things in the cloud, where there are several efforts to clone Amazon's Web Services APIs. "If APIs can be copy-protected, that would be incredibly destructive to the internet as a whole for …

Oracle and Google Await Verdict After Final Battle Over Java Copyrights
12 years, 11 months ago

Oracle and Google Await Verdict After Final Battle Over Java Copyrights

Wired  

"Can somebody use another company's property just because it suits them?" But with his closing argument, Google counsel Robert Van Nest insisted that the search giant was well within its rights in building its own version of Java, claiming "fair use" of Oracle's copyrights. Oracle claims that Google violated its copyrights by mimicking 37 Java APIs -- though it also …

'Google Totally Slimed Sun,' Says Java Creator James Gosling
12 years, 11 months ago

'Google Totally Slimed Sun,' Says Java Creator James Gosling

Wired  

With Oracle and Google at each other's throats in a San Francisco courtroom, Java creator James Gosling popped up this weekend and offered his opinion on the intellectual property dispute between the two companies. The comments won't have any impact on the court case, which is ongoing, but they give trial-watchers a little more insight into how Sun Microsystems felt …

Google and Oracle 'Experts' Clash Over Android's Java Mimic
12 years, 11 months ago

Google and Oracle 'Experts' Clash Over Android's Java Mimic

Wired  

The code used to run Java applications on Google's Android operating system is "completely different" from the code that underpins Oracle's Java platform, according to an expert witness called by Google in its ongoing court battle with Oracle over Android and Java. "The implementation code in Android is completely different than the implementation code in Java," Duke University computer science …

Google's Eric Schmidt Defends Android in Oracle Trial
12 years, 11 months ago

Google's Eric Schmidt Defends Android in Oracle Trial

Wired  

Taking the stand on Tuesday during the ongoing trial over Google's use of the Java programming language on its Android mobile operating system, Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt strongly defended the company against accusations that it illegally lifted parts of the Java platform from Sun Microsystems. After purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2010, software giant Oracle sued Google …

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