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Re:Jury in Oracle v. Google has reached a verdict on all que... by Natsu on Friday May 04, 2012 @05:55PM (#3930509)
They were ordered to consider SSO copyrightable here. They may feel that they have little choice in the matter.
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Re:Jury in Oracle v. Google has reached a verdict on all que... by dminor on Friday May 04, 2012 @08:07PM (#3930869)
Yes - for those not following the trial, the judge has told the jury that SSO are copyrightable, and if the jury finds against Google, then the judge will decide whether or not SSO actually is copyrightable. So he may render their decision moot.

Basically he's giving the jury a chance to render a narrower verdict rather than answer the broader SSO question outright.

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