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Federal Circuit Panel Holds Google’s Use of Oracle’s Java API Packages Does Not Constitute Fair Use Under 17 U.S.C. § 107

On March 27, 2018, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) issued a ruling in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 17-1118 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 27, 2019). The Court reversed the district court’s decision and held that “Google’s use of the 37 Java API packages was […]

In The Press: Justices Urged To Hear If Courts Can Nix Patents Over Alice

Law360, New York (November 22, 2017, 7:17 PM EST) — Several patent holding companies banded together to urge the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear a case that challenges whether lower courts can invalidate patents because they cover an abstract idea or other subject matter that is ineligible for a patent.  Available at: https://www.law360.com/articles/987992/justices-urged-to-hear-if-courts-can-nix-patents-over-alice(subscription required)