In response to Judge William Alsop's request that both Oracle and Google disclose whether they have any ‘paid relationships’ with journalists, bloggers, and other media commentators who can exert an influence in the ongoing Oracle-Google lawsuit, Oracle has named two people; while Google has not named anyone.

According to Groklaw's PJ Jones report, Judge Alsop’s order – resulting from his concerns that paid relationships might have influenced the case-related analysis published in newspapers and on the Internet – has led Oracle to disclose the names of two people with whom it had financial links and who could influence the coverage of a trial.

The names disclosed by Oracle included German blogger Florian Mueller, and Prof Paul Goldstein of Stanford University.

However, Oracle also denied alongside that, other than Mueller, it had any paid relationships with the media; and also asserted that it has not paid any other outside blogger or journalist who covers the company’s ongoing lawsuit against Google. The database biggie also accused Google of employing an insidious "network of influencers" which it exploits to "shape public perceptions" about the lawsuit.

Meanwhile, Google refrained from naming anybody, with whom it had supposed ‘paid relationships’ for influencing coverage of the trial, and said that it had not paid any "journalists, bloggers, or other commentators to write about this case.”