Update: Google v. Oracle Finally Reaches the Supreme Court

    On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the long-anticipated copyright infringement case between Google, Inc. and Oracle Corporation, following Google’s appeal of a March 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in favor of Oracle.

    Oracle alleged that Google infringed upon copyrights related to approximately “11,000 lines of code from the Java-programming platform,” which Google allegedly used to develop its Android mobile operating system. The copyright dispute could have broad ramifications for the software industry.

    Read more at The Washington Post

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