Google v. Oracle America

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:argued_on October 2020
gptkbp:case_number 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:case_outcome reversed lower court decision
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decision_announced_on April 5, 2021
gptkbp:docket_number 20-1334
gptkbp:economic_impact influenced software licensing practices
gptkbp:effective_date gptkb:2021
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Google v. Oracle America
gptkbp:innovation encouraged open-source development
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Google
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_production clarified use of APIs
gptkbp:outcome Google's use of Java API was fair use
gptkbp:precedent affects future copyright cases
gptkbp:public_interest opposed by copyright holders
supported by civil liberties organizations
supported by tech companies
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google_LLC
gptkbp:significance impact on software development
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_v._Telegram
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6