Posts Tagged: Google v. Oracle
Google: An Oracle of Wisdom in its Fascinating Submission to the European Commission
On June 2, the European Commission launched a far-reaching consultation as part of its examination of a forthcoming Digital Services Act (DSA), aimed at identifying areas where new …
‘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 …
Will the Supreme Court Provide the Fair Use Clarity that IP Law Needs?
On July 30, IP Watchdog Editor-in-Chief Eileen McDermott reported that, as part of its series on a 1990s copyright modernization bill known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, …
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 …
Earth to Google: Here’s Why APIs Need to be Copyrightable
On January 6, 2020, Google submitted its brief in Google v. Oracle, kicking off the Supreme Court case that many are calling the “copyright case of the decade.” The …
Google v. Oracle: An Expansive Fair Use Defense Deters Investment In Original Content
Google v. Oracle America, a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, is a seemingly never-ending battle, since 2010, between two Silicon Valley behemoths. But now that …
Google v. Oracle and the Battle to Protect Software Via Copyright
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the United States Solicitor General to file a brief expressing its views in the long-running case of Google LLC …
Internet Companies File Latest Brief in Support of Google in Fight with Oracle at Supreme Court
Mozilla, Mapbox, Medium, Patreon, Etsy, and Wikimedia have filed an amicus brief in support of Google in its case against Oracle at the U.S Supreme Court. …
Google Tries Again at Supreme Court in Copyright Fight With Oracle
Following a Federal Circuit ruling last March in which Google lost the latest in a nine-year battle with Oracle over Google’s unauthorized use of nine lines …
