Oracle wins ruling on patents

Redwood City-based Oracle Corp. won a judge's ruling Friday that stated it doesn't infringe on two patents held by Parallel Networks LLC, averting a jury trial that was set to start Jan. 12. Oracle in 2006 sued the patents' then-owner, EpicRealm Licensing LP of Richardson, Texas, in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware. Oracle contended it was about to be sued over the inventions for Web-page creation. The patents were assigned to Dallas-based Parallel Networks in 2007, according to court papers. Both companies agreed to dismiss Oracle's claims that the patents were invalid and unenforceable. Oracle had sales of $22.4 billion last year, behind only Microsoft Corp. among software makers.

Source: www.insidebayarea.com

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