The Supreme Court ruling sets new precedent in how U.S. copyright law applies to the computer code underpinning the American tech industry. After a decade of fierce litigation, the Supreme Court handed Google a win over Oracle on Monday in a closely-watched copyright dispute that has huge …
Google vs. Oracle: SCOTUS Settles $9 Billion Landmark Copyright Case
In a closely-watched case due to its far-reaching implications, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Google in its long-running battle with Oracle, saying Google did not violate any laws when it used 11,000 lines of Oracle's code to develop its Android operating system. The 6-2 decision will affect how software is built as well as impact future court cases. Read more about Oracle's nearly ten-year lawsuit against Google here.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are the building blocks of software interoperability. APIs provide the specifications for different …
A victory for Oracle in this decade-long legal battle may have made software development less open, less interoperable, and more proprietary. Google and Oracle have been jousting in court for a decade over the use of the Java programming language in Google’s Android operating system. Today the …
A decade-long case is nearing its conclusion After nearly a decade, Oracle’s copyright lawsuit against Google is close to settling an important question: can you own the basic commands of a coding language? The Supreme Court will reach an answer over the coming months, but a long list of academics, …
The US Supreme Court recently agreed to resolve an epic dispute between Google and Oracle to the delight of many technologists and legal scholars who say the fate of the $564 billion software industry—and indeed tech innovation itself—hinges on the copyright fight. The case is about the ownership …
Oracle v. Google has been winding its way through courts for a decade. You’ve probably already heard that the high-profile legal case could transform …
Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights. More than a decade ago, Google re-implemented the Java programming …
An appeals court rules that Google violated Oracle's copyright when it built a version of Java for the Android operating system, in the latest twist …
The figure appears in a report by Oracle's damages expert, which Google strongly contests Oracle is seeking US$8.8 billion in damages in a …
SAN FRANCISCO — Google's appeal to stop a software copyright lawsuit was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, placing the outcome of this high-stakes legal battle with Oracle back in federal court. The Supreme Court rejected Google's appeal of a lower court decision that favored Oracle, which …
After taking the weekend to think things over, the jury in the Oracle vs. Google trial has officially arrived at the same conclusion it floated Friday: it is deadlocked on one of the four questions it needs to answer in the copyright phase of the trial, but not before finding Google guilty of …
Google's Android software infringes on several patents related to Java, which Oracle acquired from Sun earlier this year, Oracle says in suit filed Thursday.