“Google Inc. said Oracle Corp. lowered its damages request to at least $2 billion in a patent and copyright dispute over Android software, according to a court filing,” Karen Gullo reports for Bloomberg.
“Google, which said the estimate includes $1.2 billion in damages for unjust enrichment in 2012 alone, asked a federal judge to exclude parts of the calculation that it says aren’t supported by the evidence,” Gullo reports. “In July, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco threw out Oracle’s earlier estimate that it’s entitled to as much as $6.1 billion in damages in a lawsuit claiming Google infringed its Java patents when it created the Android operating system, now running on more than 150 million mobile devices.”
Gullo reports, “The two companies have made little headway this week in negotiations aimed at resolving the lawsuit, a person briefed on the talks said. Google Chief Executive Larry Page and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison participated in a settlement conference that lasted as long as 10 hours on Sept. 19 and returned to federal court in San Jose, California, today for further meetings with a magistrate judge.”
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So do they get any royalties? or is it a one time payout?
I so hope they get to collect ongoing royalties for their crimes.
One company at a time, getting their due from googarolla
Hope Oracle will teach Google properly on business etiquette.
Truly hope that Oracle has the balls to stand up to the Google Mafia, for the sake of saving the tech world from these thieves and crooks.
Oracle has the means to hurt these crooks in the long run.
Seriously? Do you know anything about Larry Eliason? Steve Jobs and he went to the same school of bargaining!
Android. Cha-ching. Chi-ching. Cha-ching.
Some free OS eh?
Woohoo! Go get ’em, Crazy Larry!!! We’re rooting for ya!!!
Actually, if the infringement is found to be willful Oracle could demand that the Android OS be removed from the market until the infringement is corrected, i.e. it incorporates a properly licensed Java, in addition to triple damages.