The Impact of Google v. Oracle: Google’s Big Win at the Supreme Court

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the long-standing copyright battle between technology titans, Google LLC and Oracle America, Inc., Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. , ruling 6-2 in favor of Google. Oracle alleged that Google copied and used a limited portion of the code from the Java SE platform. The Court’s opinion, penned by Justice Breyer, said that when Google originally acquired Android, it had envisioned building the Android platform as a free and open environment...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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