Intellectual Property
May 11, 2012
Judge declines to decide fair use in Oracle, Google copyright phase
After a two- hour hearing Wednesday, Oracle Corp. failed to convince a federal judge to rule that Google Inc.'s infringement of elements of the Java programming language is not protected as fair use under copyright law.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - After a two-hour hearing Wednesday, Oracle Corp. failed to convince a federal judge to rule that Google Inc.'s infringement of elements of the Java programming language is not protected as fair use under copyright law.
Without a ruling in its favor on the issue, Oracle's potential damages in the copyright phase of the case could shrink from hundreds of millions of dollars to st...
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