Oracle v. Google - Copyright & Patent Trial - Days 10 - 12

The jury is deliberating on copyright liability in the Oracle v. Google trial. FOSS Patents here and Groklaw here continue to give detailed coverage, but if you need humor or a dramatic take on what happens if Oracle wins on copyright liability read the articles: The Register, Dr. Dobbs, and Forbes below. If you want to understand the copyright issues, on the other hand, I suggest reading Edward J. Naughton's article below.

Day 10 (April 27):

Space-cadet Schwartz blows chunks out of Oracle's Java suit - Thanks Jonathan. Come back any time - The Register - Andrew Orlowski

Former Sun chief about Google: 'immune to copyright laws, good citizenship, they don't share' - FOSS Patents

Day 10 Oracle v. Google Trial - Oracle Exhibits - Groklaw

Day 11 (April 30):

Oracle v. Google: definitive copyright-related jury instructions and special verdict form - FOSS Patents

Final Oracle-Google jury instructions confirm that names are copyrightable as part of larger structure - FOSS Patents

Day 11 at the Oracle v. Google Trial -- Closing Statements, Goes to Jury - Groklaw

Day 12 (May 1):

Does Android Infringe Oracle's Copyrights In The Java Platform? What The Jury Will - And Won't Decide - Brown Rudnick's Emerging Technologies Blog - Edward J. Naughton

Jury mulls verdict in Oracle-v-Google Java spat - The Register - Iain Thomson

Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It - Dr. Dobb's Editor in Chief Andrew Binstock

Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Covered By Copyright - Forbes, Oliver Herzfeld

Oracle v. Google can't MAKE APIs copyrightable -- they HAVE BEEN for more than 20 years - FOSS Patents

Schwartz Blog Was Corporate -- So Says Sun's 2008 10K - Groklaw

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