Federal Court Strikes Portions of Its Own Expert’s Report

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 18 No. 6
Legal and Court Case Update
June 2012

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Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. (V)
2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 688; 2012 WL 1189898
April 10, 2012
US
Federal Court
California
United States District Court
James Kearl (court-appointed); Alan Cox (defendant)
Alsup

Summary

Last year, when a federal district judge (William Alsup) couldn’t convince the parties to select (and pay for) an independent expert, he enlisted the court’s powers under Rule 706 FRE to appoint an economics professor to calculate damages.

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Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. (V)

Full Text of Court Cases
April 10, 2012

Federal district court strikes portions of its own expert’s report on patent damages for failing to apportion damages among the patented and unpatented features of the in-suit IP.

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