Fed. Cir.

Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 17-1118 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 27, 2018)

Infringement License / Exhaustion JMOL / Post-Trial

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.: No. 17-1118
Also Docketed: No. 17-1202 (consolidated; same document)
Decided: March 27, 2018
Judge: O'Malley, J.
Document: Precedential Opinion
Length: 56 pages

From the Opinion

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ORACLE AMERICA, INC. v. GOOGLE LLC 6 This copyright case returns to us after a second jury trial, this one focusing on the defense of fair use. Oracle America, Inc. (“Oracle”) filed suit against Google Inc. (“Google”)1 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Californ ia, alleging that Google’s unauthorized use of 37 packages of Oracle’s Java ap plica- tion programming interface (“API packages”) in its A n- droid operating system infringed Oracle’s patents and copyrights.

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