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October 08, 2004 |

Kodak, Sun Microsystems Settle High-Stakes Lawsuit Over Java

Eastman Kodak Co. has accepted a $92 million offer by Sun Microsystems Inc. to settle a $1 billion patent infringement lawsuit over the Silicon Valley company's Java programming language. The night before the trial's damages phase, which was to begin Thursday, the companies ended their 2-year-old battle in an out-of-court settlement. Kodak had been prepared to request $1.06 billion in lump-sum royalties.
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April 05, 2004 |

Sun Microsystems Settles With Microsoft, Announces 3,300 Job Cuts

Struggling server maker Sun Microsystems Inc. accepted a $1.6 billion settlement from Microsoft Corp. and said it plans to cooperate with its longtime nemesis. Microsoft will pay Sun $700 million to resolve the antitrust case and $900 million to resolve patent issues. The surprise agreement was accompanied by an announcement by Sun that it is cutting 3,300 jobs.
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October 05, 2004 |

Jury Rules in Favor of Kodak in Java Patent Dispute

A federal jury has backed Eastman Kodak in a high-stakes, patent infringement dispute with Sun Microsystems over its Java programming language. Jurors decided Friday that Sun infringed on technology that Kodak acquired when it bought Wang Laboratories' imaging software business in 1997. The lawsuit moves to the penalty phase this week, with Kodak seeking $1.06 billion in lump-sum royalties.
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June 09, 2003 |

Sun's Suit Against Microsoft Still Shining Brightly

Sun Microsystems' $1 billion antitrust dispute with Microsoft is still moving forward, unfazed by AOL Time Warner's move recently to settle its antitrust fight with the mammoth Redmond, Wash.-based software company. Lawyers representing Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun and Microsoft both say the issues central to their dispute outnumber AOL's simpler argument that Microsoft used its monopoly power to strangle the Netscape browser.
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May 15, 2007 |

Prodigal Sun

There were skeptics and believers two years ago, when Sun Microsystems Inc. agreed to buy Storage Technology Corp. for $4.1 billion. Supporters liked Sun buying the provider of tape-based storage products, arguing inexpensive storage would never go out of style. The debate rages on.
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January 05, 2004 |

WLD Price Global Inc. v. Sun Microsystems Inc.

Court Grants Motion to Transfer Copyright Action; Litigation's 'Center of Gravity' Is California
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May 15, 2008 |

California Court Certifies Class Action for Technical Writers

A California state court has certified a class of roughly 300 technical writers in an overtime and meal breaks suit against Sun Microsystems Inc. in what may be the first class involved wage and hour claims for technical writers. The decision by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jack Komar is significant because the high-tech industry generally does not provide overtime to technical writers, according to Aaron Kaufmann, the plaintiffs' attorney with Hinton, Alfert & Sumner in Walnut Creek, Calif.
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May 18, 2004 |

Companies Can Sue Over Civil Rights

A minority-run company has the same right to sue for race discrimination as a person, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday. "When a corporation has acquired a racial identity, either as a matter of law or by imputation, then it can be the direct target of discrimination and has standing to pursue a claim under �1981,� Judge Sidney Thomas wrote.
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September 06, 2006 |

Sun, Unisys Sue South Korea's Hynix

Sun Microsystems and Unisys Corp. have filed a U.S. suit against South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's third-largest maker of dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips used in personal computers. The suit involves a federal probe into price-fixing.
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June 01, 2004 |

A New GC Rises at Sun

With its legal battle with Microsoft Corporation out of the way, Sun Microsystems Inc. has quietly appointed a new general counsel. In a document filed on April 9 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Michael Dillon is listed as the company's general counsel and secretary. It's unclear when John Croll, Sun's former general counsel, stepped down from the post. A company representative declined to comment, citing a preearnings release quiet period. In an April interview with The Recorder, a Corporate C
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