Jury nears verdict in Oracle-Google trial over Android

04.05.2012
The jury has reached a partial verdict in the copyright phase of Oracle's intellectual property dispute with Google, and the judge has given them more time to try to resolve the remaining issue.

The jury foreman told the court on Friday that the 12-member panel had reached unanimous agreement on all but one of the questions on the , but that they're at an "impasse" over that final issue.

The verdict form has four questions, each broken into multiple parts. The judge had indicated previously he would accept a partial verdict from the jury, so there was tension in the courtroom Friday when it appeared the jury was about to reveal their decisions.

But after a few minutes of discussion, Judge William Alsup decided there was hope that the jury might be able to agree on the final question after a break for the weekend. They will reconvene on Monday at 8 a.m. to try to complete their deliberations.

The jury didn't disclose which question it couldn't agree on, so the attorneys will have to wait until Monday to find out.

"OK, I'll let you go home and speculate," Alsup told the two legal teams after the jury had been dismissed, getting a chuckle from the courtroom.