Monday, April 16, 2012

Google, Oracle Head to Showdown




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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