US supreme court sides with Google in high-stakes Oracle copyright battle
Decision ends a decade-old case that divided Silicon Valley and promised to reshape the rules for the software industry over copyright for APIs
05 April 2021 - 19:16
Washington — The US supreme court ruled on Monday that Alphabet’s Google did not commit copyright infringement when it used Oracle’s programming code in the Android operating system, sparing Google from what could have been a multibillion-dollar award.
The 6-2 ruling, which overturns a victory for Oracle, marks a climax to a decade-old case that divided Silicon Valley and promised to reshape the rules for the software industry. Oracle was seeking as much as $9bn...
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