One might expect a high-profile copyright infringement action between two of the world’s largest tech companies—with $8.8 billion in potential damages at stake—would involve cutting-edge technological issues and industry-wide implications. And since its inception in August 2010, Oracle America v. Google—currently before U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California—has left all those involved anxiously awaiting a decision on whether Google’s use of Oracle’s copyrighted Java code in its Android OS, used by over 300 million mobile devices, was allowed by the fair use doctrine.
But another issue has emerged from this epic battle between tech giants: Whether potential and empaneled jurors’ online profiles and social media can—and, equally importantly, should—be “scour[ed] over” by trial lawyers and jury consultants to dissect their politics, religion, relationships, preferences, friends, photographs and other personal information.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
