The jury hearing the Oracle-Google copyright infringement and patent violation case rendered a partial verdict in the copyright phase of the trial on Monday. Although its findings appear to favor Oracle, the jury deadlocked on a key question about fair use, prompting Google attorneys to call for a mistrial. U.S. District Judge William Alsup will begin hearing arguments on the mistrial question on Tuesday, and expects to rule on the motion by Thursday. The jurors had to consider four questions before delivering a verdict and, as they warned last week, ultimately were unable to agree on one of them — a key one, as it turned out.
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A Lot Rides on Unsettled Fair Use Question in Java Trial
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 8, 2012 09:02 AMThe jury hearing the Oracle-Google copyright infringement and patent violation case rendered a partial verdict in the copyright phase of the trial on Monday. Although its findings appear to favor Oracle, the jury deadlocked on a key question about fair use, prompting Google attorneys to call for a mistrial. U.S. District Judge William Alsup will begin hearing arguments on the mistrial question on Tuesday, and expects to rule on the motion by Thursday. The jurors had to consider four questions before delivering a verdict and, as they warned last week, ultimately were unable to agree on one of them — a key one, as it turned out.