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Google filed a request earlier this week seeking a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that pits the tech giant against another powerhouse in technology, Oracle. The case involves parts of Java that Oracle claims copyright over and believes Google has violated when building the Android operating system. While the dollar figure in dispute, $1 Billion, is sizable, Google is framing the question as key to the ability for tech companies to innovate.
The case originated in 2010 when Oracle sued Google claiming parts of Java were improperly used in Android. This included 37 Java APIs that Google argued could not be copyrighted. At the district court level, a federal judge ruled for Google and said Oracle could claim copyright protection. However, earlier this year an appeals court overturned that ruling.
In their initial filing with the Supreme Court, Google says the Federal Circuit appellate court’s ruling would stifle innovation as computer companies could exert “copyright monopolies over the basic building blocks of computer design and programming.”
source: Reuters
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