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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 GOOGLE INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 10-03561 WHA

REQUEST FOR

CLARIFICATION RE

ORACLE’S PROPOSAL

FOR SOCIAL MEDIA

SEARCHES

In its most recent brief on social media searches, Oracle indicated that it only intends to

conduct passive Internet searches of the jurors for public social media posts in order to monitor

for potential misconduct, such as posting commentary about the case and that its investigators

would not log in to any social media sites while monitoring the jurors’ online activity (Dkt. No.

1537 at 1). As the Court understands it, however, Facebook users’ “timelines” and lists of

“friends” are not available to Internet users without Facebook accounts (or users who have

logged out of their Facebook accounts). This limitation applies regardless of the user’s privacy

settings. By WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 AT NOON, Oracle will please clarify how it intends to

use passive logged-out review of jurors’ Facebook profiles to monitor any juror misconduct

throughout the course of the trial.

Dated: March 21, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:10-cv-03561-WHA Document 1542 Filed 03/21/16 Page 1 of 1