2011-08-23

Potentially Important Victories for Google Against Oracle

Civil Procedure RulesImage by septuagesima via FlickrNice. Good to see that Google gains more and more ground against Oracle. Some FOSS trolls might now squeal in agony :)

Groklaw - Oracle v. Google - Some Potentially Important Victories for Google: "In a flurry of filing activity in the Oracle v. Google case this past week, a couple of rulings by the court stand out. First, Google has won the right 325 [PDF] to file a motion for summary judgment on the Oracle affirmative defense of "assignor estoppel." Second, Google has won the right 328 [PDF] to file a motion for summary judgment on the issue of infringement outside the U.S. under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f). This last one is really important for reasons we will explain."