The US Supreme Court Decides Oracle v. Google—The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

By Chad Rutkowski and Theresa Weisenberger on April 5, 2021 Posted in Copyright Infringement

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a remarkable opinion in the long-running dispute between Oracle America and Google over Google’s copying of Oracle’s Java SE API for use on the Android platform. BakerHostetler has followed this case for quite some time, and our prior blog posts providing extensive background can be found here, here and here. … Continue Reading

Breaking Down the Briefing in Google v. Oracle: Petitioner’s Brief

By Theresa Weisenberger on February 27, 2020 Posted in Copyright Infringement

A decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle regarding Google’s alleged infringement of Oracle’s copyright in its application programming interface (API) will culminate in a Supreme Court decision that will have lasting effects on the copyrightability of software. This post, which summarizes Google’s opening brief, is the first in a series analyzing the briefing and issues … Continue Reading

GOOGLE Mark Is Not a Victim of Genericide

By Carrie Longstaff on June 8, 2017 Posted in Trademark

On May 16, 2017, internet search engine and content provider Google Inc. was handed a win by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Elliot v. Google Inc. The court ruled that the GOOGLE trademark had not become a victim of genericide, unlike other now generic terms such as ASPIRIN, CELLOPHANE … Continue Reading