Oracle poured millions into failed patent trial, but will fight on

Images_of_Money Oracle v. Google Oracle v. Google jury foreman reveals: Oracle wasn't even close Oracle v. Google: no patent infringement found Oracle v. Google: the road ahead Oracle tells jury "clean room" not enough to avoid patent infringement Oracle v. Google patent phase wraps up Patent litigation costs big bucks. Not $7 billion big (the price Oracle paid for Sun Microsystems and the Java intellectual property it used to sue Google), but it's common for a high-profile trial to cost millions of dollars for each side. That's one reason...

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Published By: Ars Technica - Wednesday, 23 May, 2012