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Google Asks Court to Toss Oracle’s Android Lawsuit

John Paczkowski in News on October 5, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

Silicon Valley’s latest Goliath versus Goliath battle is officially on. Google today responded to Oracle’s claims that its Android OS infringes copyrights and patents related to Java, which Oracle acquired as part of its purchase of Sun Microsystems earlier this year. This morning, the search sovereign filed an answer to Oracle’s suit, denying all seven of its patent-infringement charges, and asking that the company’s copyright-infringement claim be dismissed because Google feels it is “legally deficient.”

SCO: It Lives Again!

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2010 at 1:53 pm PT

SCO really gives new meaning to “never say die,” doesn’t it? Predictably, the company is appealing the recent judgment against it in its legal battle with Novell over key Unix copyrights.

The Scale Anticipation Fallacy

Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in News on May 7, 2010 at 2:55 pm PT

The other day, I was talking to a couple friends of mine, one a VC and the other a CEO. During the meeting, we were discussing one of the executives at the CEO’s company. The executive in question performs exceptionally, but lacks experience managing at larger scale.

Universal Music Gets Slapped in Court. What Does This Mean for Veoh–and YouTube?

Peter Kafka in Media on September 14, 2009 at 10:03 pm PT

Just how big a deal was a federal judge’s ruling Monday in the copyright-infringement fight between Veoh and Universal Music Group? Depends on who you ask, of course.

Can’t Catch Me… I’m the Generic C!@lis Man

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2008 at 6:09 am PT

The hammer has fallen once again on Stanford “Spamford” Wallace. A federal judge in Los Angeles yesterday awarded MySpace a $230 million judgment against Wallace who, with partner Walter Rines, broadcast some 730,000 junk messages to MySpace members in October of 2006. The judgment is believed to be the largest anti-spam award to date, not that it really matters, since MySpace is unlikely to collect it.