Supreme Court Told Copyright Act Does Not Authorize Nontaxable Fees Award

(August 31, 2018, 9:24 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an Aug. 14 reply brief supporting its petition for certiorari, a software support service argues that a trial court’s award of nontaxable costs to Oracle USA Inc. in a dispute over software licenses runs counter to the Copyright Act’s provisions and deepens an existing circuit split on the matter (Rimini Street Inc., et al. v. Oracle USA Inc., et al., No. 17-1625, U.S. Sup.)....