Many companies are tangling in court over mobile-phone
technology these days, but the showdown between Oracle Corp. and Google Inc.
has unusual dimensions—particularly the vastly different estimates of the money
at stake, according to a Wall St Journal report.
The case, headed for trial in a San Francisco courtroom this
week, has been marked by more than a year of posturing and short-lived settlement
talks between Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Larry Page, Google's
chief. Now the sides are far apart on the potential liability if Google loses.
Oracle, if victorious in court, is expected to press for an
award of about $1 billion. Google, meanwhile, ...
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