Nontaxable Costs Awards Debated In High Court Oracle Software Copyright Case

Mealey's (January 7, 2019, 12:13 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Responding to a brief by Oracle USA Inc. and supporting amici curiae, a software support firm on Jan. 4 filed its merits reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Copyright Act does not support an award of nontaxable costs to the prevailing litigant in a copyright lawsuit (Rimini Street Inc., et al. v. Oracle USA Inc., et al., No. 17-1625, U.S. Sup.)....