U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 22, 2019
Restoring balance to software copyrights
Our previous article addresses the substantive defects of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s rulings in the Oracle v. Apple case. This article will tackle the unanticipated fork in federal appellate jurisdiction from the Federal Circuit’s arrogation to itself of a decisive role in adjudicating copyright software disputes nationwide.
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.
Our previous article addresses the substantive defects of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's rulings in the Oracle v. Apple case. This article will tackle the unanticipated fork in federal appellate jurisdiction from the Federal Circuit's arrogation to itself of a decisive role in adjudicating copyright software disputes nat...
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