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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 Google s unauthorized copying of around 11,500 lines of Oracle s computer code was a fair use and therefore not an infringement. Assuming, but expressly not deciding, that Oracle s copied Java SE program code was copyrightable, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit s most recent decision and held that Google s copying was a permissible fair use. The Supreme Court s decision placed particular emphasis on the nature of the copied code, which was part of a user interface and therefore inherently bound together with both the uncopyrightable

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