After two strikes from the court, Oracle’s expert Dr. Cockburn takes another swing at damages in their case against Google. Once again, the Court is not fond of many of the arguments. …LEARN MORE
In the always-interesting case of Oracle v. Google regarding Google’s alleged use of Java technology in Android, which we at IPValueBlog have followed, Judge Alsup decided to give Oracle’s damages expert a third attempt at a damages opinion, but Oracle will have to pay Google’s costs of rebutting it. …LEARN MORE
In this order on post-trial JMOL motions, a California court declined to exclude expert testimony presented as a single reasonable royalty rate for a group of 3 patents. The Court then finds one patent invalid and then uses its own methodology to adjust …LEARN MORE
Recall that the Federal Circuit remanded this case for a recalculation of a reasonable royalty, finding that the plaintiff’s expert and the lower court impermissibly relied upon broader re-branding and re-bundling licenses that furnished finished software products, source code, and other services. Upon remand, the court rejects revised opinions by both …LEARN MORE
We at IP Value Blog have been following the damages arguments in this case, about which the court has expressed some firm opinions. In July, the court excluded the opinions by Oracle’s expert Dr. Cockburn for several reasons, including a failure to apportion the demand for Google’s Android …LEARN MORE