Case Law: Google v Oracle
By
Michael Bergman
, Bergman LLC
On Friday, June 14, 2019, the BPLA Case Law Committee met to discuss Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. In a lively conversation, led by James Lampert, of Wilmer Hale (retired), those assembled reviewed the history and substance of the dispute. The case involves whether the doctrine of fair use allows the employment of an application programming interface (API) that, in earlier proceedings, was deemed entitled to copyright protection. A petition for certiorari remains pending before the Supreme Court.
Jim Lampert