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Copyright Copyright Infringement APIs

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McCarter & English, LLP

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

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

S.D.N.Y.: Public Display Of Embedded Instagram Photo Does Not Infringe Copyright

A federal district court in New York held that a photographer failed to state a claim against digital-media website Mashable for copyright infringement of a photo that Mashable embedded on its website by using Instagram’s...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Google v. Oracle: Will Software Be Free?

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

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Googles Use of Oracles APIs

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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

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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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API Protection Under Copyright Is Upheld by Federal Circuit

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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

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