U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property
Jan. 21, 2015
Justices curious about the building blocks of software
On Jan. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the views of the solicitor general on whether to hear the Oracle v. Google copyright litigation relating to the Android operating system.
Ben M. Davidson
Founder
Davidson Law Group ALC
Intellectual Property
Phone: (310) 473-2300
Email: Ben@dlgla.com
George Washington Univ Law School
Ben is a former patent examiner and represents corporations in intellectual property litigation and proceedings before the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office.
On Jan. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the views of the solicitor general on whether to hear the Oracle v. Google copyright litigation relating to the Android operating system. At issue is whether Oracle can protect through copyright the command structure for its Java Application Programming Interface (API), which Google copied so Java-based code could be run on Google's Android operating system.
The dispute dates back to 1991 - that's when Sun Microsystems (acquired by...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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