REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 12,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the United States District
Court for the District of Nevada
issued two significant rulings in Oracle's litigation against
Rimini Street and its CEO Seth
Ravin.
The first ruling is a permanent injunction barring Rimini Street
from continuing to infringe Oracle's copyrights and other unlawful
acts. The Court previously determined that a permanent injunction
was warranted, noting Rimini Street's "callous disregard for
Oracle's copyrights and computer systems when it engaged in the
infringing conduct" and that "Rimini's business model was built
entirely on its infringement of Oracle's copyrighted software and
its improper access and downloading of data from Oracle's website
and computer systems."
The Court's four-page permanent injunction prohibits certain
copying, distribution, and use of Oracle's copyrighted software and
documentation by Rimini Street and also imposes limitations on
Rimini Street's access to Oracle's websites. The order states, for
example, that Rimini Street may not use a customer's software
environment "to develop or test software updates or modifications
for the benefit of any other licensee." The order also prohibits
Rimini Street's preparation of certain derivative works from
Oracle's copyrighted software. The order applies not only to Rimini
Street, but also "its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees,
directors, officers, principals, and agents."
"This permanent injunction imposes important restrictions on
Rimini Street," said Oracle's General Counsel Dorian Daley, "and Oracle is grateful that the
Court has taken steps to prevent continuing unlawful acts by Rimini
Street and its executives."
Although Rimini Street has stated that there was "no expected
impact" from any injunction, Rimini Street also told the Court that
it "could suffer significant harm to its current business practices
if the proposed injunction were entered," which it now has
been. These contradictory positions raise the issue of
whether Rimini is misleading the Court or making misrepresentations
to customers.
In its second ruling, the Court awarded Oracle approximately
$27.7 million in prejudgment
interest, with an additional amount of prejudgment interest to be
awarded based on the date of the final judgment. This is in
addition to the $50 million jury
verdict and the $46.2 million in
attorneys' fees and costs awarded to Oracle last month.
Supporting Resources
- Background Information:
http://www.oracle.com/us/rimini/index.html
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