Posts Tagged: Google
Antitrust Suit Filed by 36 State AGs Targets Google Anticompetitive Practices on Android App Distribution
Last week, the attorneys general of 36 U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against internet services and …
Will Trump Class Actions Against Social Media Platforms Revive Section 230 Debate?
Former President Donald J. Trump announced today that he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google/YouTube in separate class action suits, claiming, among other allegations, that the …
Why SCOTUS’ Decision to Sidestep Copyrightability in Google v. Oracle is Problematic for Cases Involving Command Codes
On April 5, the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-2 that Google’s copying of 11,500 lines of code from the Java SE Application Programming Interface (API) in creating …
The View from the Court’s 2 Live Crew: Examining the Thomas/Alito Dissent in Google v. Oracle
Most commentators agree that Google v. Oracle is the most important copyright decision of the last 25 years (since Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music). But what if the Court …
The Upshot of Google v. Oracle: An Absurd Ruling Will Lead to Absurd Results
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, or so states Newton’s third law of motion. It is safe to say that Newton never …
License to Copy: Your Software Code Isn’t Safe After Google v. Oracle
In characteristic form, the Supreme Court has once again managed to blow it in another intellectual property case. This time, the Justices blessed Google's copying of Oracle's …
Computer Programs are Different, Says SCOTUS in Landmark Ruling that Google’s Use of Oracle’s API Packages Was Fair
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning found Google’s use of Oracle’s Java application programming interface (“API packages”) a fair use as a matter of …
Concerns Surface Over Big Tech Ties of Biden’s Pick to Head DOJ Antitrust Division
Yesterday, Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) sent a letter to President Joe Biden explaining her concerns over recent reports that the leading candidate for the top antitrust …
Pardon Me? Levandowski Case Highlights Need for Proactive Approach to Avoid Trade Secret Problems in Hiring
My head was turned by the recent news of President Trump’s final-day pardon of Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving car unit who …
Federal Circuit Holds Google Forfeited Claim Construction Arguments Not Presented to PTAB
On November 13, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the Board in In re: Google Technology Holdings LLC. In particular, the CAFC upheld a decision of the …
District Court Finds Google Patent Ineligible Under Alice
On November 2, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc., issued an order granting Sonos’s motion to …
DOJ Takes Key Step Toward Breaking Up Big Tech with Antitrust Complaint Against Google
The U.S. Department of Justice and Attorneys General from 11 U.S. states filed a complaint on Tuesday in the United States District Court for the District …
Justices Look for Reassurance That the Sky Won’t Fall When They Rule in Google v. Oracle
Google and Oracle each got to have their say in U.S. Supreme Court today, when eight justices heard oral argument in the closely-watched battle between the …
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 …
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 …
