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Summary List Placement The most important legal brawl in technology is finally going before the US Supreme Court. Oracle and Google will face off Wednesday before the Supreme Court, which will decide a landmark patent infringement case that could have far-reaching implications in the way software is developed, integrated and monetized in the tech industry. The Supreme Court marks a significant moment in what...

Oracle is accusing Google's chief legal officer of waging a "coercion campaign" aimed at pressuring companies and groups not to endorse its position in their Supreme Court battle. Oracle Executive Vice President Ken Glueck, the tech giant's point man in Washington DC, said Kent Walker, Google's head of global affairs, reached out to "more than half a dozen" parties "to persuade them to stay...

What's next for Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who are stepping back from key positions at the tech giant? Experts see the two Silicon Valley icons launching new startups and becoming serial entrepreneurs. "I see a lot of startups under both their Christmas trees," Silicon Valley futurist Paul Saffo, a professor at the Stanford School of Engineering, told Business Insider. Saffo sees...