Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 1181

REQUEST FOR MORE BRIEFING RE INTERFACES, EXCEPTIONS, AND INTEROPERABILITY. Signed by Judge Alsup on May 21, 2012. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/21/2012)

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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,
v.

REQUEST FOR MORE BRIEFING
RE INTERFACES, EXCEPTIONS,
AND INTEROPERABILITY

GOOGLE INC.,

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Defendant.
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No. C 10-03561 WHA

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By noon Wednesday, each side shall please state how many “interfaces” are

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included in the joint table supplied a week ago by counsel (Dkt. No. 1124). This

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can be on a total basis and need not be broken down by the 37 packages. Also

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please state how many “exceptions” were “thrown” and the extent to which they

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were duplicated by Google (again on a global basis). Each side should include

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one example of an “interface” and one example of a “throw” to illustrate the most

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salient points about these features (for a total of four examples). Please explain

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the salient point. All information must be in the trial record. Please include cites.

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2)

With respect to interoperability (Sega / Sony), please state the trial record

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evidence on:

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A)

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To what extent, if at all, have applications and programs written for the
J2SE platform before Android arrived been able to run on Android?

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To what extent, if at all, have applications and programs written after
Android arrived been able to run both on Android and J2SE?

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C)

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How, if at all, have Android and the replication of virtually all of the 37
packages promoted interoperability?

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To what extent was interoperability an actual motive of Google at the time
the decision was made to replicate the 37 packages?

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To the extent practical, please quote the testimony or exhibits in evidence so that

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the judge can make his own evaluation. Counsel may add argument but please

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quote the evidence.

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at noon each side may reply in five pages or fewer.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Please answer both question 1 and 2 by Wednesday at noon in 12 pages or fewer. By Thursday

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: May 21, 2012.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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