Google and Oracle each submitted proposals on Friday to reduce the number of claims in their Java patent infringement lawsuit, which could help bring the case to a speedier conclusion.
Oracle sued Google in August, claiming its Android mobile operating system infringes on seven of Oracle's Java patents. Google has denied all wrongdoing.
The judge in the case, William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, has said he hopes to have the case wrapped up before the end of November. This week, Alsup ordered the two sides to submit proposals for reducing the number of claims in the complex case to a "triable number."
Oracle proposed reducing the number of claims it is asserting to 75 from the current 132 by June 30, then to 35 claims by Sept. 2. By Oct. 17 and the final pretrial conference, Oracle would identify "a triable number" of claims, it said. The trial is currently set for Oct. 31.
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Oracle sued Google in August, claiming its Android mobile operating system infringes on seven of Oracle's Java patents. Google has denied all wrongdoing.
The judge in the case, William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, has said he hopes to have the case wrapped up before the end of November. This week, Alsup ordered the two sides to submit proposals for reducing the number of claims in the complex case to a "triable number."
Oracle proposed reducing the number of claims it is asserting to 75 from the current 132 by June 30, then to 35 claims by Sept. 2. By Oct. 17 and the final pretrial conference, Oracle would identify "a triable number" of claims, it said. The trial is currently set for Oct. 31.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216306/