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No, the Federal Circuit Did Not Just Kill Off Software Copyrights – Knock It Off

By Chad Rutkowski on April 18, 2023 Posted in Software

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Many people were disappointed when the most-watched copyright case of the past 10 years, Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over Google’s copying Java application programming interface (API) code, failed to yield better guidance on the scope of copyright protection for computer programs. The case was probably a bad test case anyway, as it involved some very … Continue Reading

2017 – The Year in Which Copyright Went Beyond Source Code

By Chad Rutkowski on January 16, 2018 Posted in Copyright, Software

2017 was a big year for raising the profile of copyright in protecting computer programs. Two cases in particular helped bring attention to a myth that was addressed and dispelled some time ago but persists in some circles nonetheless. Many lawyers hold on to the notion that copyright protection for software is weak because such … Continue Reading