Google v. Oracle America

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_v._Telegram
gptkbp:case_types 18-957
Supreme Court granted certiorari
Supreme Court heard oral arguments
Supreme Court issued opinion
initially filed in 2010
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of Oracle
trial court ruled in favor of Oracle
gptkbp:community_engagement opposed by copyright holders
supported by civil liberties organizations
supported by tech companies
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:legal_case
April 5, 2021
gptkbp:docket_number 20-1334
gptkbp:economic_impact influenced software licensing practices
gptkbp:effective_date gptkb:2021
gptkbp:historical_debate October 2020
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Google v. Oracle America
gptkbp:innovation encouraged open-source development
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Job_Search_Engine
Oracle America
gptkbp:is_cited_in 141 S. Ct. 1183
2021 U. S. LEXIS 1975
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Justice_Brett_Kavanaugh
gptkb:Justice_Neil_Gorsuch
gptkb:Justice_Samuel_Alito
gptkb:Justice_Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:legal_issue copyright law
fair use
gptkbp:legal_representation Kirkland & Ellis for Google
Morrison & Foerster for Oracle
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
gptkb:Copyright_Act_of_1976
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google_LLC
gptkbp:notable_production clarified use of AP Is
gptkbp:outcome reversed lower court decision
Google's use of Java API was fair use
gptkbp:precedent affects future copyright cases
gptkbp:significance impact on software development