Trade secrets barred from Oracle's servers
InternetNews | at | by Mike
A federal judge Friday ruled that the U.S. Department of Defense and several IT companies must let lawyers for Oracle view their trade secrets, but only under certain conditions.
Representatives with the Department of Defense and Fidelity Employer Services -- both premier customers of Oracle's -- as well as rivals like Microsoft, SAP, Siebel Systems, Sungard Bi-Tech and niche software vendors such as Lawson Software and QAD have asked the court to block certain parts of their business technology and best practices from being entered as evidence. The documents could contain detailed data on customers, competitive bids on contracts, pricing details, budgets and product information.