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Generative AI - Copyright Overview Part 1

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology promising to disrupt how artwork is created, software is developed, and text is written. This disruption brings with it a host of new legal questions surrounding...more

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

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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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Breaking Down the Briefing in Google v. Oracle: Petitioner’s Brief

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A decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle regarding Google’s alleged infringement of Oracle’s copyright in its application programming interface (API) will culminate in a Supreme Court decision that will have lasting...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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Oracle v. Google, Copyright & Fair Use: One of “Billions” of Summaries

Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals released its blockbuster decision in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, which held that Google’s unauthorized use of certain aspects of Oracle’s Java software was not...more

Alston & Bird

Oracle v. Google Proves Again Why Fair Use Is So Troublesome

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In the latest twist in the ongoing Oracle v. Google copyright case, the Federal Circuit’s decision should give companies pause before using fair use as a defense. Our Intellectual Property Group examines why Google’s use of...more

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Do You Know Your IP Rights In Your Imagery and Other Data Products?

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Two recent court cases highlight the need for businesses to carefully consider the intellectual property rights associated with building data products and services. This issue is of growing importance as companies...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

News Flash – Oracle v. Google Copyright Case

In its brief filed on May 26, 2015, the US Solicitor General (SG) advised the US Supreme Court to not hear Google’s appeal of a decision, from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, holding that copyright protection...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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