Statement of the Lawsuit
Sun Statement re: Preliminary Injunction Order (Jan. 21, 2003)On December 23, 2002, the U.S. District Court in Maryland decided to grant both Sun's copyright infringement and Java-Must-Carry motions for preliminary injunction in Sun vs. Microsoft. (See the statement re: this ruling and the ruling itself at www.sun.com/lawsuit.) Today, the Court entered its Order that specifies how Microsoft and Sun must implement the preliminary injunction rulings. The Court's Order is attached here and will be posted shortly at www.sun.com/lawsuit. "Sun is grateful to the Court for its thorough review of the issues and its speedy implementation of this important Order. This preliminary injunction is a huge victory for consumers who will soon have the best, latest Java technology on their PCs. It is also a victory for enterprises and for the worldwide Java Community of developers and system vendors," said Lee Patch, Vice President, Legal Affairs, Sun Microsystems, Inc. | |
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