U.S. Supreme Court Finds Google's Copying Of Oracle's Java API Code A Non-Infringing Fair Use - Intellectual Property
In Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., Case No. 18–956, 593 U. S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Googles unauthorized copying of around 11,500 lines of Oracles computer code was a fair use and therefore not an infringement. Assuming, but expressly not deciding, that Oracles copied Java SE program code was copyrightable, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuits most recent decision and held that Googles copying was a permissible fair use. The Supreme Courts decision plac...
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