Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 1188

REQUEST FOR BRIEFING ON SONY V. CONNECTIX re #1181 Order. Signed by Judge Alsup on May 23, 2012. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/23/2012)

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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 BRIEFING ON
SONY V. CONNECTIX

GOOGLE INC.,
Defendant.
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No. C 10-03561 WHA

In the reply briefs due tomorrow at noon, please address the following question: In Sony

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Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corp., 203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000), what did the

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accused infringer Connectix ultimately duplicate to allow desktops to run Playstation games?

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For example, was it application binary interfaces (if so, be specific and use examples as to what

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this would have included)? Was it names that would have been in the source code of the

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Playstation BIOS?

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: May 23, 2012.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE