Deep in the Heart of Texas: What Should Oracle Licensees Think About Oracle’s Move to Austin?
On December 11, 2020, Oracle Corporation announced that they will be moving corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. Moving to the Lone Star State has recently been trending among tech companies and high-profile business titans. But what does this mean for the Oracle licensee?
More on Our New Partnership with LicenseFortress!
We were thrilled to to be featured yesterday on Database Trends and Application’s website as they shared the news of our exciting new endeavor with LicenseFortress!
The Oracle Securities Litigation: The Hero We May Want (but Perhaps Not the Hero We Will Get)
The nakedly optimistic legal axiom “Where there is a wrong there is a remedy” gives a blanket assurance that all legitimate grievances are inherently susceptible to redress. For those of us who live in the software licensing space and believe Oracle’s infamously aggressive auditing and licensing tactics are such a wrong, we often ask ourselves whether Oracle will ever find itself targeted by the right remedy at the right time.
Google v. Oracle
If any of your company’s employees use Java – which, if you are tech or tech-adjacent, some almost certainly do – your company’s vulnerability to Oracle audits is likely to increase over the next few years. And, in this post, we explain why.
Part III: Oracle & TikTok: What is Oracle Up to and What Does It Mean for Its Licensees?
In Part III, we delve into the possible reasons why Oracle is pursuing a teen-focused social media app with data security problems and what this might mean for the hapless Oracle software licensee.
Part II: Oracle & TikTok: What is Oracle Up to and What Does It Mean for Its Licensees?
In Part II, we attempt to set the stage with regards to Oracle’s involvement in the TikTok saga by first discussing the details surrounding Oracle’s association with the current administration.
We Teamed Up with LicenseFortress on an ITAM Podcast
This podcast couldn’t be more timely for the Oracle licensee. As the world collectively awaits the next round of rulings in the Sunrise Firefighters securities litigation and the Google vs Oracle copyright dispute (which is now before the Supreme Court), Oracle continues to pitch and pivot its strategy, making it increasingly difficult to forge a stable licensing plan.
Part I: Oracle & TikTok: What is Oracle Up to and What Does It Mean for Its Licensees?
While Oracle has made no secret of the fact that it has been currying favor with the current administration since the 2016 election, it takes some digging to understand why Oracle chose to cash in its new political capital in order to obtain quasi-control over a social media site with an overwhelmingly teenage base.
Mars v. Oracle: Not the Only Complaint Against Oracle Putting Its Auditing & Licensing Practices at Risk of Exposure
As we approach the five-year anniversary of Mars v. Oracle, it is important to point out that Mars v. Oracle is not the only important lawsuit filed against Oracle that put at risk exposing the systemic nature of the software giant’s abusive auditing and licensing tactics.
“Covid-19, Software License Audits and Patent Litigation” Published in The Patent Lawyer Magazine
We recently wrote a very timely article for the July/August issue of The Patent Lawyer Magazine titled “Covid-19, Software License Audits and Patent Litigation” where we discuss how the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic necessitates a proactive approach to possible software license audit opportunists.