BMW Oracle wins latest court battle.Byline: Staff Report Dubai: America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing BMW Oracle Racing is an American sailboat racing syndicate, initially formed to compete in the 2003 America’s Cup under the name Oracle. The syndicate is backed primarily by Larry Ellison, who made his billions from Oracle’s database software. received some good news and a surprise admonishment from a New York judge on Tuesday. Justice Shirley Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York denied a motion by two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland to disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. BMW Oracle Racing because the US-based syndicate has not provided a measurement certificate for its 90-foot new trimaran. This is the sixth time that the two teams have been to court to settle an ongoing battle out of the waters. Kornreich said BMW Oracle Racing - owned by software tycoon Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp - must provide Alinghi with the final documentation at least two weeks before February 8, the scheduled start date for the best-of-three showdown off Ras Al Khaimah, for the oldest trophy in sports. Alinghi has been demanding the documentation for more than a year as part of a bitter legal fight between the powerhouse sailing teams, both owned by billionaires. The ruling means BMW Oracle Racing can continue to modify the monster trimaran, including installing an engine to trim the sails and move ballast. Earlier this year, Alinghi, owned by biotech tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli, broke with America's Cup tradition by launching a 90-foot catamaran catamaran (kăt'əmərăn`), watercraft made up of two connected hulls or a single hull with two parallel keels. Originally used by the natives of Polynesia, the catamaran design was adopted by Western boat builders in the 19th cent. with an engine to trim its gigantic sails and move water ballast from one hull to another. The Americans have argued that a Certificate of Documentation, the modern-day version of a Custom House Registry, cannot be obtained from the Coast Guard until the trimaran has been proved seaworthy sea·wor·thy adj. sea·wor·thi·er, sea·wor·thi·est Fit to traverse the seas: a seaworthy freighter; a seaworthy crew. . BMW Oracle Racing continues to test the futuristic-looking craft off San Diego in California. Alinghi wants the documentation to confirm that BMW Oracle Racing has built its boat to the specifications included in its challenge issued in July 2007, shortly after the Swiss successfully defended the America's Cup by beating Team Emirates New Zealand off Valencia, Spain. Buried in an eight-page decision was a surprise admonishment of BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. Oracle Racing's backing yacht club, San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) was founded in 1939, when members built a clubhouse on a barge in the San Francisco Marina. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake severely damaged the club, members pulled together and rebuilt it. . "It is not only advances in technology, but the unsportsmanlike behaviour of Golden Gate that has resulted in substantially reducing SNG's advantage as originally contemplated by the Deed. Nonetheless, Golden Gate's actions are not contrary to law or sanctionable in this limited forum," Judge Kornreich wrote. Al Nisr Publishing Al Nisr Publishing is a company based in Dubai, UAE. The company is a part of Al Tayer Group. It was established in 1985 by Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. It employs 1,050 people and has branches in Manilla, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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