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Rimini Street v. Oracle

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Oracle brought claims, including copyright infringement claims, against Rimini Street, which provided third-party support for Oracle software and, in doing so, copied and distributed software updates without authorization. Oracle prevailed on its infringement claims in the district court, decisions that the Ninth Circuit affirmed. The Ninth Circuit also rejected Rimini Street’s argument that the district court erred when it awarded court costs under 17 USC §505 that were not considered taxable costs under 28 USC § 1920.

Rimini Street appealed to the Supreme Court, which granted cert on the question, “Whether the Copyright Act’s allowance of ‘full costs,’ 17 U.S.C. § 505, to a prevailing party is limited to taxable costs under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1920 and 1821, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 8th and 11th Circuits have held, or whether the act also authorizes non-taxable costs, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held.”

The Supreme Court reversed, holding that “full costs” means only the costs specified in the general costs statute, §§1821 and 1920.


Procedural History

Status: Supreme Court reversed in part and remanded. (March 4, 2019)

Decisions and Arguments

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Supreme Court decision (March 4, 2019)

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Supreme Court oral argument transcript (January 14, 2019)

Oracle v. Rimini Street, Ninth Circuit decision (January 8, 2018)

Briefs and party filings

Supreme Court

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Reply Brief for Petitioners (January 4, 2019)

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Brief for Respondents (December 13, 2018)

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Brief for Petitioners (November 13, 2018)

Amicus briefs in support of Oracle

  • Copyright Alliance
  • Ralph Oman (US Register of Copyrights, 1985-1993)
  • NMPA and RIAA
  • Professor Steven Baicker-McKee
  • BSA | The Software Alliance
  • Scholars of Linguistics

Amicus briefs in support of Rimini Street or neither party

  • AIPLA
  • Scholars of Corpus Linguistics
  • Professor Patrick T. Gillen
  • United States

Petition for Certiorari

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Rimini Street reply brief (August 14, 2018)

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Oracle brief in opposition (August 1, 2018)

Rimini Street v. Oracle, Rimini Street cert petition (May 31, 2018)

 

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