Following up on the recent lawsuit between Oracle and SAP and the $1.3 billion in damages awarded Oracle (the largest copyright damage award in U.S history), the parties were fighting over 2 other important remedies in copyright infringement actions - interest and attorneys fees.
An award of costs may include attorneys fees to a prevailing party under Section 505 of the Copyright Act. It has been reported that Oracle is seeking over $100 million in attorney's fees.
In addition, Oracle sought over $200 million dollars in interest. SAP argued that interest need not be paid. The court ruled that interest would be awarded but would not be the amount that Oracle sought but based on Treasury rates and calculations would be a much smaller figure (approx. $16 million).
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