U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property
Nov. 18, 2019
US high court to hear Google-Oracle software copyright dispute
A finding of Google’s liability could see a damage claim well into the billions of dollars, a sum that would highlight a drastically changed intellectual property landscape.
Setting up a potentially tectonic shift in copyright law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it would hear a dispute between Google and Oracle over a claim of stolen proprietary software.
"We welcome the Supreme Court's decision to review the case and we hope that the court reaffirms the importance of software interoperability in American competitiveness," Google chief legal officer Kent Walker said in a statement. "Developers sho...
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