Oracle moves one stage further toward getting a ~$9.3 billion settlement from Google and possibly crippling Android development.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
GOOGLE LLC,
Defendant-Cross-Appellant
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2017-1118, 2017-1202
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in No. 3:10-cv-03561- WHA, Judge William H. Alsup.
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Decided: March 27, 2018
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“Because we conclude that Google’s use of the Java API packages was not fair as a matter of law, we reverse the district court’s decisions denying Oracle’s motions for JMOL and remand for a trial on damages. We also dis-miss Google’s cross-appeal.”
http://www.zdnet.com/article/android-p-is-for-poisoned-platform/?bhid=22230917239287339273949088071247&ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b
Older topic thread and whole brief below.