October 21, 2022
Hewlett Packard has pushed back against Oracle's bid for $12.3 million in attorney fees in an intellectual property suit between the two tech giants that left HP on the hook for $30 million, saying its defense argument was "objectively reasonable" and that Oracle's attorneys only retrieved a portion of what the company was seeking.
September 20, 2022
Oracle is asking a California federal judge to award it $12.3 million in legal fees after it triumphed over Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. in a software copyright trial due to what it called "baseless" arguments by the defense.
August 01, 2022
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has urged a California judge to scratch June's $30 million jury verdict that concluded the company infringed on Oracle Corp.'s software updates and patches, arguing there's insufficient evidence that the products in question have valid copyright registrations.
July 08, 2022
In the first half of 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an applicant's lack of knowledge about the law can excuse innocent mistakes in a copyright registration, while the Ninth Circuit refused to reinstate a $2.8 million verdict against Katy Perry over her hit "Dark Horse." Here's a look at the most significant copyright decisions so far this year.
June 14, 2022
A California federal jury on Tuesday found that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. owed Oracle Corp. $30 million for knowingly stealing Oracle's customers by offering software updates that ripped off Oracle's copyrights, but concluded that HPE was not liable for punitive damages.
June 13, 2022
Oracle Corp. urged a California federal court Monday to find Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. owes $72 million for knowingly stealing Oracle's customers by offering software updates that ripped off Oracle's copyrights, while HPE argued that it's not liable for the infringement, and if it is, it owes $1.1 million at most.
May 19, 2022
Crocs Inc. will argue before the U.S. International Trade Commission next week that retailers are copying the design of its iconic shoes and that imports of alleged knockoffs sold by companies like Walmart and Hobby Lobby need to be blocked. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
November 04, 2021
Google is set to go before a Texas federal jury in U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's courtroom in Waco next week, fighting claims that its unit YouTube infringed a company's video streaming patent. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
June 03, 2021
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. urged a California federal judge Thursday to reject some of Oracle Corp.'s software copyright infringement claims before their long-running IP dispute, which was revived by the Ninth Circuit, heads to a jury trial later this year.
December 20, 2019
From Jerry Seinfeld to Taylor Swift to a pair of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, 2019 saw a slew of rulings on important copyright cases. To keep it all straight, here's a breakdown of the 10 biggest ones you need to remember, plus 10 more you should know that didn't make the cut.