ORACLE USA, INC. v. RIMINI STREET, INC.

Nos. 16-16832, 16-16905.

879 F.3d 948 (2018)

ORACLE USA, INC., a Colorado corporation; Oracle America, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Oracle International Corporation, a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RIMINI STREET, INC., a Nevada corporation; Seth Ravin, an individual, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Perry (argued) and Jeremy M. Christiansen , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Blaine H. Evanson , Joseph A. Gorman , and Joseph C. Hansen , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Paul D. Clement (argued), Erin E. Murphy , and Matthew D. Rowen , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; William A. Isaacson and Karen L. Dunn , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Washington, D.C.; Thomas S. Hixson and John A. Polito , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, California; David B. Salmons , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jamie Williams and Aileen Nguyen , San Francisco, California, as and for Amicus Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Before: Susan P. Graber and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Jeremy D. Fogel, District Judge.


OPINION

Oracle USA, Inc. and related entities (collectively, "Oracle") licenses its proprietary enterprise software for a substantial one-time payment. Oracle also sells its licensees maintenance contracts for the software that are renewed on an annual basis. The maintenance work includes software updates, which...

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