FULL DISCLOSURE: A Google logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in Mountain View. A US judge in the Google and Oracle patent battle has ordered the companies to disclose the names of journalists, bloggers and other commentators on their payrolls. - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc and Oracle Corp’s copyright and patent battle took a strange twist on Tuesday, after a judge ordered the companies to disclose the names of journalists, bloggers and other commentators on their payrolls.
US District Judge William Alsup said he was concerned that Google and Oracle and/or their counsel may have retained or paid people who may have published comment on the case.
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