U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property
Mar. 21, 2019
Justices need to hear Oracle v Google
A matter of blockbuster significance is the subject of a current petition for certiorari. The case is Oracle v. Google. We submitted a brief as amici curiae supporting that petition out of the strong conviction that review is vitally necessary of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s wrong-headed decisions in this case.
Peter S. Menell
Koret Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Peter is director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.
David O. Nimmer
Of Counsel
Irell & Manella LLP
David has been author of "Nimmer on Copyright" since 1985 and is professor from practice at UCLA School of Law.
In recent weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down two copyright rulings -- one addressed the timing of Copyright Office action on an application to register a work as compared to filing a complaint for the work's infringement, the other the extent of recoverable costs to a vict...
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