Robert Van Nest led a team defending Google Inc. against patent and copyright claims brought by Oracle Corp. over smartphone technology and orchestrated a complete victory, with defense verdicts from the jury on some claims and from U.S. District Judge William Alsup on others, including a big win on copyright liability on Thursday. Earlier in the week, Van Nest agreed to talk about the case, how it was staffed, Alsup’s technical expertise and the metal filing cabinet he rolled out during openings to impress on jurors the idea that what Oracle claimed as intellectual property was really just a standard method of organization.
Q: Tell me how you staffed the trial. The jury and the judge heard from a bigger variety of lawyers from your team, whereas Oracle primarily had one attorney talking to the judge and just a small number handling witnesses.
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