Michael Rothfeld and Susan Pulliam, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 14, 2011 at 3:22 pm PT
A government witness at the insider-trading trial of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam told the jury Monday how he leaked details of “super confidential” negotiations between two technology companies to the hedge-fund chief, who was shocked at the terms of the possible deal.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 3, 2011 at 3:03 pm PT
SAP believes the jury was too generous in its award to Oracle and that the damages are not proportionate to its subsidiary’s offense of intellectual-property theft.
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Beth Callaghan in News on January 4, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
ruled today to reinstate a jury decision from an April case that found Microsoft’s anti-piracy software installation system infringed a patent held by Uniloc Singapore Private Ltd. The judge in the original case had thrown out the jury’s finding. The court also ruled, though, that a new trial is required to determine how much Microsoft should pay, stating that the jury’s $388 million award to Uniloc was “fundamentally tainted.”
John Paczkowski in News on December 29, 2010 at 4:35 am PT
SAP would rather not pay Oracle interest on top of the $1.3 billlion in damages awarded the company last month. But if it must, it would prefer that the interest be calculated at a lower rate. The company argued that point in a recent court filing, and Tuesday evening a court agreed.
John Paczkowski in News on November 23, 2010 at 2:54 pm PT
Billions or millions. That was the central question in the Oracle vs. SAP case and in the end, the jury determined its answer to be billions with a “b.” For the theft of Oracle’s intellectual property by its now shuttered TomorrowNow division, SAP must pay Oracle $1.3 billion.
John Paczkowski in News on November 23, 2010 at 1:00 am PT
With closing arguments said and done, the Oracle-SAP case is nearly over, but the companies continue to trade sucker punches outside the courtroom. In dueling statements issued Monday night, Oracle branded SAP an IP plunderer and SAP upbraided Oracle for its impolitic behavior and what it seems to view as poor form.
John Paczkowski in News on November 22, 2010 at 3:54 pm PT
Closing arguments in the Oracle vs. SAP trial went about as expected, with Oracle attorney David Boies urging the jury to drop the hammer on SAP by awarding $1.7 billion in damages, and SAP attorney Robert Mittelstaedt arguing that to do so would be asinine.
John Paczkowski in News on November 20, 2010 at 2:00 am PT
Testimony in the Oracle vs SAP trial wrapped up on Friday with a second appearance by Oracle co-President Safra Catz who said SAP should pay at least $1.6 billion in damages for the copyright infringement’s of its TomorrowNow subsidiary and chided the company for its offer of $40 million.
