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After Android Trial, Google Demands $4M From Oracle

Posted by timothy on from the asking-politely-is-a-last-resort dept.

MikeatWired writes "Google is seeking $4 million from Oracle to cover the costs it incurred during this spring's epic legal battle over the Android mobile operating system, reports Caleb Garling. In a brief filed in federal court on Thursday night, Google lead counsel Robert Van Nest argued that Oracle is required to pay his company's legal costs because judge and jury ruled in favor of Google on almost every issue during the six-week trial. 'Google prevailed on a substantial part of the litigation,' read Google's brief. '[Oracle] recovered none of the relief it sought in this litigation. Accordingly, Google is the prevailing party and is entitled to recover costs.' Google has not publicly revealed an itemized list of its expenses, but the total bill included $2.9 million spent copying and organizing documents. According to the brief, the company juggled a mind-boggled 97 million documents during the case."

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  1. A cheaper alternative by ardmhacha · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Google has not publicly revealed an itemized list of its expenses, but the total bill included $2.9 million spent copying and organizing documents. According to the brief, the company juggled a mind-boggled 97 million documents during the case.""

    Couldn't they have just put them on some sort of server and used some kind to search software to allow access.

    1. Re:A cheaper alternative by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny

      $2.9 million spent copying and organizing documents

      Nevermind that! I think I just saw a RIAA lawyer raise his head from a prey, and prick up his ears...

    2. Re:A cheaper alternative by jd2112 · · Score: 3, Funny

      They did. It would have been a lot more to search 97 million documents by hand.

      If only Google had access to technology for indexing and searching vast amounts of documents and displaying the results in, say, a Web browser.

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  2. Google needs the money by Tough+Love · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google needs the money, otherwise Larry might be forced to switch one of the campus sushi bars over to fried chicken.

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  3. Re:WTF by Warhawke · · Score: 4, Funny

    I commend you for inventing my new favorite unit of measurement. "You'll find the average homework for this law class to measure around 2.3 AS per night." So what's the conversion rate for Atlas Shruggeds to Fountainheads?

  4. Re:WTF by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    US$ 2.9 million in copying? That's only like 3 or 4 MP3's.

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  5. Next time you meet Larry, sing him a song by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    # Row, row, row, your boat,
      A rowboat's all you've got.
      Legal fees, legal fees, legal fees, legal fees.
      Can't afford a yacht. /#

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