Google Seeks Rehearing Of Fair Use Ruling In Java Copyright Dispute With Oracle

Mealey's (May 31, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a May 29 petition in the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Google LLC says “novel questions of exceptional importance” over the fair use of existing software interfaces merit en banc rehearing of a panel’s finding that Google’s use of certain Java code in its Android operating system infringed the copyrights of Oracle America Inc. (Oracle America Inc. v. Google LLC, Nos. 17-1118, -1202, Fed. Cir.)....