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Article | 5/01/2011 Finallyfast.com maker to refund thousands in spyware case
The company whose late-night commercials promised to "make your computer run fast the way it's supposed to," will pay tens of thousands of dollars in ...
Article | 5/01/2011 Court reverses Microsoft victory in patent case
A U.S. appeals court has restored a jury verdict in a multimillion-dollar patent infringement case against Microsoft but ordered a new trial on damage...
Article | 21/12/2010 Oracle sued by drug-safety software vendor
Oracle is being sued by drug-safety software vendor DrugLogic over alleged patent violations, according to a complaint filed Dec. 17 in U.S. District ...
Article | 15/12/2010 Oracle, mobile vendor in Java legal battle
Oracle and Swiss mobile software platform vendor Myriad Group are locked in a legal battle over Java licensing issues, one with an apparent connection...
Article | 11/12/2010 Oracle seeks $212 million in interest from SAP
Oracle wants SAP to pay it US$212 million in interest on top of the $1.3 billion awarded to it last month by a jury in the companies' TomorrowNow laws...
Article | 24/11/2010 Oracle awarded $US1.3 billion in SAP lawsuit
A jury has awarded Oracle US$1.3 billion in damages in its corporate theft lawsuit against SAP, a blow to the German applications vendor, which had ar...
Article | 24/11/2010 Oracle awarded $1.3 billion in SAP lawsuit
A jury has awarded Oracle US$1.3 billion in damages in its corporate theft lawsuit against SAP, a blow to the German applications vendor, which had ar...
Article | 18/11/2010 Oracle sues hardware partner over warehouse burglary
An Oracle lawsuit filed last week could serve as a cautionary message to hardware partners that wish to do business with the vendor: Secure your build...
Article | 15/11/2010 Tensions rise over damages at Oracle-SAP trial
The Oracle-SAP trial ended its second week with some tense exchanges over how much SAP should pay in damages for the software theft committed by its T...
Article | 12/11/2010 Google: Third parties liable for Java infringement, not us
Third parties, not Google, would be liable for any Java copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, according to a filing the vendor made Wednesday...
Article | 12/11/2010 Google denies 'line-for-line' Java copying for Android
Google is denying Oracle's allegation that it directly copied lines of Oracle's Java code for its Android mobile OS, according to a court filing made ...
Article | 9/11/2010 Ellison gets a grilling at Oracle-SAP trial
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison faced tough questioning on the witness stand Monday morning about the effects of TomorrowNow's intellectual-property theft on...
Article | 9/11/2010 Oracle fails in bid to dismiss DOJ fraud suit
Oracle has managed to get some but not all aspects of the U.S. government's fraud case against it dismissed, according to documents filed last week in...
Article | 6/11/2010 FBI watching Oracle-SAP trial
An FBI agent has been in the courtroom each day this week watching the Oracle-SAP trial, suggesting U.S. law enforcement continues to take an interest...
Article | 5/11/2010 Oracle license would have cost SAP billions, Phillips says
Former Oracle President Charles Phillips testified in court Thursday that he would have been "terrified" to learn SAP had gained access to Oracle's so...