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Oracle is seeking $2.6 billion in damages from Google as part of its patent infringement lawsuit over Java.
In a document filed with the court yesterday, Oracle cited the $2.6 billion figure based on estimates by the company's damages expert, Iain Cockburn, Professor of Finance and Economics at Boston University.
But that specific figure runs contrary to Google's interpretation, which was more broad in range. In a June 18 filing by Google and documented by FOSS Patents, the search giant came to the conclusion that if it were to lose the lawsuit, it would owe Oracle anywhere from $1.4 billion and $6.1 billion.
In its latest court filing, Oracle denied the range cited by Google, according to FOSS Patents.
"Google falsely claims that Prof. Cockburn concludes that Oracle is owed anywhere from $1.4 to $6.1 billion in damages," Oracle's court filing said. "He does not. His opinion is that the total damages that should be awarded to Oracle is $2.6 billion."
A request to Google for comment was not immediately returned.
Filed last August, Oracle's suit claims that Google has infringed on Java copyrights and patents by using code related to the programming language inAndroid. Oracle acquired Java when it officially purchased Sun Microsystems in early 2010.
The amount in damages has been a point of contention between the two companies. A court filing released on June 16 revealed for the first time that Oracle was seeking damages in the billions. But Google had earlier asserted that such estimates were inaccurate.
"Oracle's 'methodology' for calculating damages is based on fundamental legal errors and improperly inflates their estimates," Google said in a statement sent to CNET at the time.
A trial in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California could start as soon as November, according to Reuters.
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In a document filed with the court yesterday, Oracle cited the $2.6 billion figure based on estimates by the company's damages expert, Iain Cockburn, Professor of Finance and Economics at Boston University.
But that specific figure runs contrary to Google's interpretation, which was more broad in range. In a June 18 filing by Google and documented by FOSS Patents, the search giant came to the conclusion that if it were to lose the lawsuit, it would owe Oracle anywhere from $1.4 billion and $6.1 billion.
In its latest court filing, Oracle denied the range cited by Google, according to FOSS Patents.
"Google falsely claims that Prof. Cockburn concludes that Oracle is owed anywhere from $1.4 to $6.1 billion in damages," Oracle's court filing said. "He does not. His opinion is that the total damages that should be awarded to Oracle is $2.6 billion."
A request to Google for comment was not immediately returned.
Filed last August, Oracle's suit claims that Google has infringed on Java copyrights and patents by using code related to the programming language inAndroid. Oracle acquired Java when it officially purchased Sun Microsystems in early 2010.
The amount in damages has been a point of contention between the two companies. A court filing released on June 16 revealed for the first time that Oracle was seeking damages in the billions. But Google had earlier asserted that such estimates were inaccurate.
"Oracle's 'methodology' for calculating damages is based on fundamental legal errors and improperly inflates their estimates," Google said in a statement sent to CNET at the time.
A trial in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California could start as soon as November, according to Reuters.
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