Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 1018

FINAL CHARGE TO THE JURY AND SPECIAL VERDICT FORM. Signed by Judge Alsup on April 30, 2012. (Attachments: #1 Special Verdict Form)(whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Plaintiff,

No. C 10-03561 WHA

v.
GOOGLE INC.,

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SPECIAL VERDICT FORM

Defendant.
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YOUR ANSWERS MUST BE UNANIMOUS.

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1.

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group:

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As to the compilable code for the 37 Java API packages in question taken as a

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Has Oracle proven that Google has infringed the overall structure,

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sequence and organization of copyrighted works?

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Yes __________

No __________

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(IF YOU ANSWER “NO” TO QUESTION 1A, THEN SKIP TO QUESTION NO. 2.)

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Has Google proven that its use of the overall structure, sequence

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and organization constituted “fair use”?

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Yes __________

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No __________

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group:

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As to the documentation for the 37 Java API packages in question taken as a

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Has Oracle proven that Google has infringed?
Yes __________

No __________

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(IF YOU ANSWER “NO” TO QUESTION 2A, THEN SKIP TO QUESTION NO. 3.)

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B.

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constituted “fair use”?

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Yes __________

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Has Google proven that its use of Oracle’s Java documentation

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Has Oracle proven that Google’s conceded use of the following was infringing,

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the only issue being whether such use was de minimis:

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Yes
(Infringing)

No
(Not Infringing)

A. The rangeCheck method in
TimSort.java and
ComparableTimSort.Java

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B. Source code in seven “Impl.java”
files and the one “ACL” file

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C. The English-language comments in
CodeSourceTest.java and
CollectionCertStoreParameters
Test.java

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Answer the following special interrogatories only if you answer “yes” to Question

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Has Google proven that Sun and/or Oracle engaged in conduct Sun and/or

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Oracle knew or should have known would reasonably lead Google to

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believe that it would not need a license to use the structure, sequence, and

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organization of the copyrighted compilable code?

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Yes __________

No __________

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If so, has Google proven that it in fact reasonably relied on such conduct
by Sun and/or Oracle in deciding to use the structure, sequence, and

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organization of the copyrighted compilable code without obtaining a

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license?

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Yes __________

No __________

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Your answers to Questions 4A and 4B will be used by the judge with issues he must

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decide. Questions 4A and 4B do not bear on the issues you must decide on Questions 1

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to 3.

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Dated:
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FOREPERSON

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