Oracle ordered to pay more to Google than they can win in damages
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How did this happen? Those of you who followed the Oracle v. Google case may recall that Oracle tried not once, not twice, but three times to submit a damages report to the court that it would accept. The first two were part of Oracle's attempt to justify why they should be owed billions of dollars, a claim that apparently no one believed (except Florian Mueller). The court didn’t accept Oracle's numbers, and rejected both of the initial attempts outright.
At that point Judge Alsup was content to simply not allow Oracle to provide a damages report at all, but Oracle realized this was not a good idea for them and did the legal equivalent of begging and pleading to be allowed to provide a third damages report. The judge grudgingly allowed Oracle a third chance stating:
So Google kept a separate record of their legal fees associated with deposing Oracle's damages witness, filing responses, doing defense research, etc. According to a Google spokesperson those fees exceeded $300,000, which means that even if Oracle gets the maximum of $150,000 for each ruling of statutory copyright infringement they will still have paid Google more money than they received in damages.
Of course Google racked up that $300,000 in a week or two with only a part of their legal team working on Oracle’s report – so in a case that lasted over a year we know that the real winners here were their legal team, as both sides undoubtedly spent tens of millions of dollars on this case. None the less, this must certainly be like rubbing salt in the wound for Oracle and their legal team. If you’re really into reading legal rulings, you can find the ruling in its entirety in the source link.
source: Court Order via Gizmodo
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15 Comments
1. Non_Sequitur posted on 07 Jun 2012, 16:14 12 1
LOL
Nice try Oracle. Almost as futile as Apple's awful attempts.
These judges are smart enough to see past the half-assed arguments that these companies give.
2. wassup posted on 07 Jun 2012, 16:23 8 1
LOLOLOL Oracle FAIL!!!
go google!
Belonging to the free world is awesome
3. jroc74 posted on 07 Jun 2012, 16:45 5 1
AHH)H HAHHHHH HAHHHH..AHHHHH HAAAAAAAH HAH HAH HAAAH HAH HAA HA
5. Fallout09 posted on 07 Jun 2012, 17:36 10 1
I could only hope that Apple would get a similar fate in all their nonsense lawsuits!
9. som posted on 07 Jun 2012, 18:19 5 1
APPLE should pay Samsung on legal fees same as Oracle. Judge should ban lawsuits on patent wars by rotten Apple. HTC should file lawsuits on Apple to pay for lost of sale by Apple patent wars.
10. remixfa posted on 07 Jun 2012, 18:50 8 1
Apple should take heed.
If this were a loser pays system, Apple wouldnt be so frivolous with legal bullying. Glad to see some trolls getting punished regardless.
11. kanagadeepan posted on 07 Jun 2012, 21:29 0 1
Rotten apple has soooo much money that they don't care about such penalties... They are now the world's biggest patent TROLLs..
12. Sniggly posted on 07 Jun 2012, 23:18 3 1
This is funny. Oracle made a gambit. They saw Google's success with Android and thought it would be easy money to buy Sun out, revoke the seemingly unofficial policy of leaving Java completely open, and knocking Google for trumped up damages. Well, they have learned now.
13. B3BLW29 posted on 08 Jun 2012, 01:37 2 1
Bwahahahahahah In your face patent TROLL.... ROFL
14. Tsepz_GP posted on 08 Jun 2012, 12:15 2 0
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! :'D
Dear oh dear Oracle. They picked the wrong company to sue and now they're paying for it, LITERALLY!
