Supreme Court Finds Google’s Use of Oracle’s Java Code in Android Operating System to Be Fair Use
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21
On April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States held that Google’s use of certain Java Application Programming Interfaces (API) in its Android operating system was not copyright infringement and instead constituted fair use of Oracle’s Sun Java API because Google used “only what was needed to allow users to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program.”...
By: Goulston & Storrs PC