Software, Google, APIs

All Is Fair In Google And Oracle: Supreme Court Says Google’s Copying Was Fair Use In Landmark Copyright Case

McCarter & English, LLP on 4/6/2021

Was it fair for Google to copy 11,500 lines of Oracle’s copyrighted Java Application Programming Interface (API) simply to make it easier for programmers already familiar with Java to develop apps for Google’s Android...more

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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/18/2020

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

Google v. Oracle: Will Software Be Free?

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/10/2020

Referred to as “the copyright case of the century,” the Supreme Court could determine the fate of software protection in Google v. Oracle, namely that of Java. At its core, the case asks whether software programmers may copy...more

Googles Use of Oracles APIs

Kilpatrick on 5/2/2018

On March 27, 2018, the Federal Circuit handed down its long awaited decision on whether Google’s use of 37 Java application programming interface packages (“APIs”) in Google’s Android mobile operating system was protected...more

Software Copyrights in an Evolving Digital World

Knobbe Martens on 5/5/2015

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

API Protection Under Copyright Is Upheld by Federal Circuit

Winstead PC on 6/5/2014

There has been a lingering, divisive question in the software industry as to whether application programming interfaces (APIs) are entitled to copyright subject matter protection. Critics argue that this type of source code...more