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Google blinked and indicated its willingness to pay Oracle licensing fees of up to $6.1 billion for the use of its Java code on its Android phone.
Google had always dismissed Oracle’s assertions saying that there was no merit whatsoever, however it quickly changed its tune Friday when things started turning against it.
It is not clear if it is a tactic to win the courts favor as it became evident that Google was blindsiding the court with techno garbage to derail the case.
Oracle wants a $2.6 billion damages award (which might even be tripled due to willful infringement). Google even claims Oracle’s demands constitute a range of up to $6.1 billion.
Google uses Oracle’s Java code on its Android phone which it distributes free to handset manufactures. Depending on the outcome of this case, assuming Oracle wins, Google will have to eat the licensing cost or pass it on to the handset manufacturers. If it does pass on the cost of the license it could derail Android itself.
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Oracle Must Slim Its Damages Claim in Google Lawsuit – According to eWeek, the claim is now being limited to $100 million to start, but that comes with certain additional opportunities. For one, Oracle was granted the right to “depose Google CEO Larry Page for up to two hours to help the court determine if the search engine willfully infringed on Oracle’s patents.” If the infringement is found to be willful, the amount of damages sought by Oracle can be tripled. The new limit in damages isn’t a hard limit. Rather, it’s a starting point, and certainly a more reasonable one than the $6.1 billion sought previously.
Comment by vkmo — July 26, 2011 @ 7:56 AM
Another nail in Android coffin? Reads as mindless hyberbole. Will Android be around 20 years from now? Who knows. But it's certainly showing traction in market share stats. Your headline screams "we're so desperate to compete against TechCrunch that we'll say anything, no matter how stupid, to try to get people to visit our site." Is this another nail in Webguild's coffin?
Comment by Brett Sheppard — August 15, 2011 @ 6:25 AM