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Oracle Appeals in Case Against Google

posted by martyb on Friday October 28 2016, @05:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the why-aren't-appeals-more-appealing? dept.

inzkeeper writes:

Tech Dirt reports that Off We Go: Oracle Officially Appeals Google's Fair Use Win:

It was only a matter of time until this happened, but Oracle has officially appealed its fair use Java API loss [PDF] to the Federal Circuit (CAFC [US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit]). As you recall, after a years-long process, including the (correct) ruling that APIs are not covered by copyright being ridiculously overturned by CAFC, a new trial found that even if APIs are copyright-eligible, Google's use was covered by fair use. Oracle then tried multiple times to get Judge William Alsup to throw out the jury's ruling, but failed. In fact, on Oracle's second attempt to get Alsup to throw out the jury's ruling, citing "game changing" evidence that Google failed to hand over important information on discovery, it actually turned out that Oracle's lawyers had simply failed to read what Google had, in fact, handed over.

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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Friday October 28 2016, @08:57PM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Friday October 28 2016, @08:57PM (#419957) Homepage

    >Google [is struggling to maintain relevance]
    >... how large and pervasive Alphabet has become

    I don't think those words mean what you think they mean.

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  • (Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Friday October 28 2016, @09:11PM

    by Zz9zZ (1348) on Friday October 28 2016, @09:11PM (#419958)

    Oracle is struggling to maintain relevance
    Alphabet is large and pervasive

    If you can't parse these ideas / words then I don't know how to help you. If you just disagree then that is your right.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @02:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @02:15PM (#420115)

    There are (at least) two ways to parse what he wrote. The correct way is:
        Oracle is struggling to maintain relevance.
        Alphabet is large and pervasive.
        Oracle and Alphabet have engaged in shitty business tactics.

    • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday October 31 2016, @01:36PM

      by urza9814 (3954) on Monday October 31 2016, @01:36PM (#420853) Journal

      Actually, he says Oracle *is* engaging in shitty business practices, and Google *has* -- meaning Google is no longer doing so. The only logical way of parsing that post that I can come up with is "Yeah, Oracle engages in shitty business practices, but all large companies have done that at one time or another so it's not such a big deal. The bigger issue is their data collection practices."