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| Authored by: jbb on Wednesday, June 20 2012 @ 02:59 PM EDT |
| As you may have noticed, case law on this issue is a mess in the US. IANAL but
I think it is likely this case will make it to the Supreme Court so they have a
chance to ensure case law on API copyright is consistent. Judge Alsup's ruling
was written with this in mind.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 03:12 PM EDT |
Are they fond of dumping money down a rabbit hole or
something? If they are at all rational, they must realize
that their chance of a significant victory is nearly non-
existent after all the findings of fact went in Google's
favor. Plus, the suit is giving them a major black eye in
the tech industry. I feel sorry for Oracle engineers - they
must hang their heads and sigh when they see news stories
filled with the preposterous hypotheses offered by Oracle
attorneys.
Maybe I'm missing something. The patent issue is over,
right? The court ruled that Android did not infringe on any
of Oracle's patents, and if I understand correctly, that
would be a finding of fact that is not subject to appeal.
The "copyright on API" issue is what can be appealed, but
that seems to me to be such a harebrained idea that I can't
imagine how Oracle could prevail. Such a decision would go
against how the entire industry has operated since
inception.
I think an appeal will just be another opportunity for
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