Google founder in court for smartphone patents showdown
Sun Microsystems wanted $30 million to $50 million from Google for a Java license, but Google decided to build its own implementation for Android after negotiations broke down, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly said during testimony in the Oracle/Google trial today. Jurors were shown an e-mail exchange between Schmidt and Jonathan Schwartz, the two CEOs of Google and Sun at the time Google developed and released Android. The e-mails showed the companies discussing a potential partnership between Google and Sun. Google didn’t object to the amount of money Sun wanted, but it didn’t want to give up too much control over Android. Read the comments on this post
Google founder in court for smartphone patents showdown
Google's founder and chief executive, Larry Page, suited up for an appearance in court in San Francisco yesterday in what is shaping up as one of the most significant battles over smartphone ...
Wed 18 Apr 12 from The Independent
Google CEO Page returns to stand in Oracle trial
(AP) -- Google CEO Larry Page returned to the witness stand Wednesday in Oracle's patent and copyright case against the Internet search leader over its popular Android operating system for phones ...
Wed 18 Apr 12 from Phys.org
Oracle CEO mulled expansion into smartphones
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Tue 17 Apr 12 from Phys.org
Google says Oracle sued after own market failure
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Tue 17 Apr 12 from Phys.org
Oracle skewers Google as Android trial opens
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Tue 17 Apr 12 from Phys.org
Oracle focuses on Google emails in Android trial
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Mon 16 Apr 12 from Phys.org
Ahead of the Bell: Oracle-Google trial
(AP) -- Oracle and Google are set to face each other in court in San Francisco on Monday.
Mon 16 Apr 12 from Phys.org
Sun wanted up to $50 million from Google for Java license, Schmidt says
Sun Microsystems wanted $30 million to $50 million from Google for a Java license, but Google decided to build its own implementation for Android after negotiations broke down, Google Executive ...
Tue 24 Apr 12 from Arstechnica
Oracle confronts Google's Schmidt about Java
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google's former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, testified in court on Tuesday that he could not recall whether he was told in 2005 by people within his company that ...
Tue 24 Apr 12 from Reuters Technology
Google's Schmidt set to testify in smartphone trial
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google's former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, is slated to testify on Tuesday as Oracle's final witness in the first part of a high stakes trial over smartphone technology, ...
Tue 24 Apr 12 from Reuters Technology
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