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Intellectual Property

Feb. 21, 2013

Friends of the court weigh in on Oracle-Google

As the Oracle v. Google copyright battle proceeds to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, third parties have weighed in with a flurry of amicus briefs that urge the appeals court to reconsider a district judge's opinion.


By Rachel Swan


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After Google Inc. scored a crushing defensive win in its court battle with Oracle Corp., some legal observers thought it would be difficult for the Redwood Shores-based plaintiff to convince an appellate court to overturn a district judge's ruling that certain elements of its Java programming language were not copyrightable.


As the case proceeds to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...

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