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Oracle and Google Settlement Talks Falter; Trial Set for April 16

Posted by Unknown on from the let-the-games-begin dept.

Fluffeh writes "Recently, a Judge ordered Oracle and Google to have yet another sit down and chat, but these talks have come to an impasse: 'Despite their diligent efforts and those of their able counsel, the parties have reached an irreconcilable impasse in their settlement discussions,' Judge Paul Grewal of US District Court for the Northern California wrote Monday. 'No further conferences shall be convened. The parties should instead direct their entire attention to the preparation of their trial presentations. Good luck.'"

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  1. Just remember. by philip.paradis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No matter who wins, the lawyers get paid, and "winning" is an ill-defined thing in fights between players like these anyhow.

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    1. Re:Just remember. by poetmatt · · Score: 4, Insightful

      google has shown time and time again that they a: constantly prevail in patents claims and b: absolutely refuse to settle.

      they know what they are doing, and oracle's looking at maybe a million dollars these days. Quite a far cry from the billions, right? "whoops". Then we have this new doom and gloom, some idiot investor claiming their patent is the reason why google exists.

      the microsoft fudtrain rolls on and on.

    2. Re:Just remember. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      time is on his side. when was the last time it din't come out that MS wasn't behind a lot of malice and they were in fact helping companies from patent mess ? Microsoft is always fishing in troubled waters. SCO is a potent reminder of what Microsoft was/ will be capable of doing regardless of any temporary change of heart for PR purposes. MS went out of the way to scuttle the entire ISO organization's legitimacy by rigging the entire system worldwide to support ooxml, just shows they have never changed as an abusive entity

    3. Re:Just remember. by philip.paradis · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Your post makes nearly no sense, and I'm convinced it got modded up simply because you tossed in a reference to Microsoft. Also, where did I mention Microsoft to begin with?

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    4. Re:Just remember. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Hey, let's be fair now. Facebook also spends a lot of money to slander Google through the press.

  2. Re:good luck and good night by FoolishOwl · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know "good luck" is an innocuous expression of goodwill, but it always seems a little weird to wish someone good luck in a matter that's supposed to be decided solely through legal reasoning -- especially when it's the judge wishing luck.

  3. Re:Oracle and Google should compensate the jury by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How many people own their own home and earn only $40 per day? The point carries even if msauve was exaggerating slightly.

  4. Re:Oracle and Google should compensate the jury by AdrianKemp · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not that it applies in all cases, because some people do not have the skill set required to choose their place of work.

    If my employer was a douche about jury duty (they aren't, fyi) I'd be getting a new job. Any employer who *expects* their workers to skip out on duty, especially such an important one, does not deserve intelligent or skilled workers.