SAN FRANCISCO — Sounding somewhat stung by U.S. District Judge William Alsup’s order directing more diligent disclosure of paid writers, Google on Friday filed some 270 pages of commentary about its IP case with Oracle — ranging from a 17-year-old U.S. Supreme Court amicus curiae brief to an employee tweet stating “fuck you Oracle.”

Google Inc. acknowledged it has contributed money to organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, whose employees have commented publicly on the case. But those organizations’ stance on the copyright issues at play in Oracle v. Google long predate the litigation, Keker & Van Nest partner Robert Van Nest wrote in the filing.

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