A judge sits on both criminal and civil cases?
I don't understand - I thought the USA inherited the UK form of law.
The trial date for the Oracle versus Google patent battle has been postponed, as expected, and may get a new judge. Judge William Alsup announced that an unrelated criminal trial he had previously thought might push back the date for Oracle to make its case against the Chocolate Factory would indeed delay the IP punch-up. The …
Nice to see the lawyers that created endless delays in the SCO vs the World cases on the receiving end of unwanted delay. Around 8 years and still counting ;)
This delay isn't significant, apart from giving the court another opportunity to push them into further settlement negotiations. Whatever the decision, Oracle, Google or *both* will automatically appeal the ruling, guaranteeing at least 6-9months delay even if the appeal is fast tracked - more likely 18months. With a case this complex that's likely to be just the 1st of several appeals or other attempts to keep the case alive. No enforcement will happen while that's ongoing.
Android will get plenty of time to evolve past Oracles grasp however this works out.