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December 18, 2020 | By David M. Pitcher | John C. Garvey
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Supreme Court

Google LLC vs. Oracle America, Inc. – U.S. copyright protection for software interfaces & Amgen Inc. v Sanofi, Aventisub LLC – CAFC heard argument that may influence COVID-19 drug patentability

Please choose article to Read More on: U.S. SUPREME COURT  1 – Google LLC vs. Oracle America, Inc. ”“ U.S. copyright protection for software interfaces U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT  1 – Amgen Inc. v Sanofi, Aventisub LLC ”“ CAFC heard argument that may influence COVID-19 drug […]

December 17, 2020 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Supreme Court

Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.

In 2008, Google LLC (”Google”) released Android, ”an open-source platform designed to enable mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The Android platform was built using the Java programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by Oracle American, Inc. (”Oracle”). Prior to Oracle”™s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Google replicated the syntax and structure of the Java application programming interface (”API”) within the Android platform to ensure third-party developers could utilize the prewritten methods and declarations known within Java”™s API libraries. Google replicated ”37 Java API libraries that were determined by Google to be ”˜key to mobile devices,”™” which attributed to only 3% of the Android environment. Google independently wrote the remainder of the code to ”accommodate the unique challenges” of the mobile device environment. Upon its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle sued Google in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (”District Court”), alleging copyright infringement for the replicated code.


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