Google Defends Fair Use Of Java Code In Supreme Court Copyright Case

Mealey's (January 7, 2020, 1:57 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its Jan. 6 opening merits brief, Google LLC tells the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that its use of a small portion of Java code infringed Oracle America Inc.’s copyright, asserting that the ruling wrongly discounted a jury’s reasonable finding of fair use and runs counter to the merger doctrine (Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., No. 18-956, U.S. Sup.)....