On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Ninth Circuit’s expanded view of “full costs” in copyright cases was improper, going beyond the “costs” typically available to litigants in federal court. Rimini Street, Inc. et al., v. Oracle USA, Inc., et al., No. 17-1625, slip op. (U.S. Mar. 4, 2019.) This ruling overturns a $12.8 million award granted to Oracle USA Inc. for its “nontaxable costs,” which included expert witness fees, jury consulting fees and electronic discovery expenses.
Rimini Street, a third-party software maintenance provider for users of Oracle software, competes directly with Oracle’s software maintenance
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