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API Copying Now Fair Game in the Wake of Supreme Court’s Decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.
The decade-long dispute between Google LLC and Oracle America Inc. has now ended with the Supreme Court ruling 6-2 in favor of Google. This dispute concerned Google’s use of Oracle’s “declaring code”…
Expert Institute Insights
Supreme Court Rules in Google’s Favor in Android “Fair Use” Case
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that Google’s use of another software company’s code in building its Android platform was permissible under the fair use doctrine. The decision comes…
The IP Breakdown
Oracle Fought Google. Transformativeness Won.
By Rick Sanders
Oracle v. Google Is Over. And Rick Can Stop Blogging About It Forever. I was in the middle of writing a blog post about The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual…
Technology Law Source
Google v. Oracle: Use of copyrightable computer code is a fair use
In a highly awaited software copyright decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that Google LLC’s copying of Oracle’s Java application programming interface (API) is a fair use as a…
Supreme Court Update
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (No.18-956)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
Just one decision to report in this Update, but it’s a biggie, at least for IP nerds and coders. In Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (No. 18-956), the Court…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Landmark Fair Use Victory at the Supreme Court in Software Case
By Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, Jonathan Mollod, David Munkittrick, Jeffrey Neuburger, Anisha Shenai-Khatkhate
In a narrowly drawn, yet significant decision, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit and ruled that Google LLC’s (“Google”) copying of some of the Sun Java Application Programming Interface…
Marks, Works, and Secrets
If Warhol Isn’t Transformative, Who (or What) Is? The Second Circuit Finds Andy Warhol’s Prince Series Not Fair Use
By Ira S. Sacks, Evelina Gentry
On March 26, 2021, the Second Circuit reversed a 2019 district court ruling and held that Andy Warhol’s “Prince Series” did not qualify as fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s 1981 photograph of…
The IP Law Blog
Fair Use Shields Google in Its Copyright Battle with Oracle
Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages. The battle began between these tech giants when Google designed its Android software…
SWIPLit Blog
Supreme Court Backs Google in Copyright Dispute Over Android Software
By Jcjones
By: Emily R. Parker and Jacob C. Jones On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Google in a long-running, multibillion-dollar copyright lawsuit filed by Oracle over certain portions of…
Commercial Litigation Update
The Doctrine Formerly Known as “Fair Use”
On March 26, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a decision addressing the “fair use” doctrine, an important…