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Google v. Oracle: Should SCOTUS Declare Code is an Expression or an Idea?

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In our prior post, we introduced the controversy at the center of “the copyright lawsuit of the decade” between Google and Oracle.  Since then, both parties and 61 amici have submitted their briefs to the Supreme Court.  This...more

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Google v. Oracle: SCOTUS Grants Cert In The “Copyright Lawsuit of the Decade” - Now What?

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On November 15, 2019, the Supreme Court granted cert in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. For many observers, this was a long time coming; the parties have been litigating the underlying case since August 2010, and from its...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court to Weigh In on Google-Oracle Copyright Dispute

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The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the decade-long battle between Google and Oracle over use of copyrighted pieces of Java software in the Android smartphone operating system. Google LLC v. Oracle...more

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Google v. Oracle Heads to the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court’s cert grant on the Federal Circuit’s most recent decision in the long-running and highly publicized battle between Oracle and Google appears to confront policy questions as much as legal ones — such as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Next Up, Damages – Federal Circuit Finds Google’s Use of Java Was Not Fair

In a case that attracted 20 amici briefs, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a blockbuster decision in the years-long battle between Oracle and Google over Google’s Android platform. The Court concluded...more

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Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2017-1118, -1202 (Fed. Cir. 2018) - In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s decision denying Oracle’s motion for JMOL and remanded...more

Snell & Wilmer

Billions Once Again on the Line After Federal Circuit’s Reversal in Oracle v. Google

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The Federal Circuit has reversed, for the second time, the much-followed copyright infringement case, Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, which has been ongoing since 2010. Oracle filed suit alleging Google copied and used 37...more

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Federal Circuit Again Reverses California Court in Oracle-Google Copyright Dispute over Java APIs – Releases a Major Ruling on...

In this long-running dispute that has been previously dubbed “The World Series of IP cases” by the presiding judge, Oracle America Inc. (“Oracle”) accuses Google Inc. (“Google”) of unauthorized use of some of its Java-related...more

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It’s Back: U.S. Fed. Circ. Overturns Fair-Use Verdict And Revives Oracle’s Suit Against Google

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On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a unanimous 2016 jury verdict that held that Google’s use of Oracle’s Java programming language in the development of its...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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After almost a year of fending off a hostile takeover bid from rival PPG Industries, Dutch paint and chemical giant Akzo Nobel has agreed to sell its specialty chemicals unit to PE firm Carlyle Group for $12.5 billion in a...more

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Google’s Fair Use Defense Thwarts Oracle’s Attempt to Recover $9 Billion in Copyright Case

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In a high-profile case, a jury recently found that Google’s use of portions of Oracle’s Java software code was allowable under the fair use doctrine and thus did not constitute copyright infringement. Oracle sought as much...more

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Software Copyrights in an Evolving Digital World

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In This Presentation: - Software Copyright & Interoperability - Program Language and Function Calls - An Example API in Java - Oracles’ Pattern of APIs - Google’s Copying - Questions? ..Copyright Issues -...more

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