Steven Tepp
Steven Tepp is President of Sentinel Worldwide and a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School.
Posts by Steven Tepp
The Federal Circuit Must Correct Texas Court’s Misapplication of Copyright Law in SAS Institute Appeal
SAS Institute is a software company in North Carolina. Founded in 1976, it employs thousands of people in the United States and thousands more around the world. World …
Google’s Fair Use Shell Game
Google has admitted it copied over 11,000 lines of Oracle’s creative Java code to build its Android smartphone platform, that it makes commercial use of the code …
‘Merger’ and Acquisition: Google’s Copyright Contortion to Excuse Copying
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument on October 7 from Oracle and Google in their long-running Java intellectual property case. The questions raised in Google …
Google v. Oracle Perspective: Google’s Android ‘Cheat Code’ was to Copy Oracle’s Code
In two months, the Supreme Court will hear the oral argument in the long-running Google v. Oracle software copyright case. At issue is the availability of copyright …
Medical Innovation Depends on Bayh-Dole’s IP Protections
In this age of polarization, it’s almost impossible to imagine Congress enacting bipartisan legislation that would benefit businesses, higher education, and consumers alike. But that is …
Undermining Innovation in Health Care is Bad for Patients
Even if one disregards the categorical distinctions between over-ruling the ITC order and foreign compulsory licenses, there are differences in the specifics as well. For example, the …
