Technology,
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Apr. 6, 2021
Keker Van Nest partner’s argument won the day for Google
Robert Van Nest’s argument, made in 2012 and again in a 2016 retrial, was the decisive factor in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-2 decision.
During two San Francisco federal trials, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP partner Robert A. Van Nest told jurors that even if Oracle Corp.'s Java code could be copyrighted, Google LLC was protected by a legal doctrine that allows fair use of the software to run smartphones.
Van Nest's argument, first made in 2012 and again in a 2016 retrial, turned out to be the decisive factor in the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-2 decision for the Alphabe...
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