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7 April 2021CopyrightVictor Johnson

Google v Oracle: court avoids software protection question

After more than a decade of litigation regarding copyright in application programming interfaces (API), the US Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, decided what many believe is one of the most important copyright lawsuits in recent memory.

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