Join Wilson Sonsini Partner Adam Shevell as he takes us through the wild, wild west of the NFT world. Adam's passion for video games has been prevalent throughout his life and that passion carries over into his career today....more
Court finds that Google's re-use of code from Oracle's Java API constitutes fair use under the Copyright Act -
On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.,1 a...more
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While many software providers choose to vigorously defend their intellectual property rights in the software they create, in the gaming industry, some developers of PC video games have taken a different approach by allowing...more
Despite the prevalence of open source software and its ubiquitous use in the software industry, there has been little litigation in the United States analyzing and interpreting the terms of open source licenses. On April 25,...more