This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It […]

Jonathan Band · February 27, 2019

Google kicked off another round of briefing in the ongoing Oracle v. Google litigation, filing a petition for rehearing en […]

Jonathan Band · June 14, 2018

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) issued a decision reversing the jury’s fair use verdict […]

Jonathan Band · March 27, 2018

The danger of false analogies in software copyright cases was readily apparent in last Thursday’s oral argument in Oracle v. […]

Jonathan Band · December 11, 2017

This Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) will hold oral arguments in the fair use […]

Jonathan Band · December 4, 2017

Many observers, including me, predicted that the 2014 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) […]

Jonathan Band · January 9, 2017

Yesterday, the district court in the Oracle America v. Google copyright litigation over the Android application program interfaces (APIs) denied […]

Jonathan Band · September 28, 2016

The jury in the ongoing copyright infringement litigation between Oracle and Google returned a verdict today in favor of Google. […]

Jonathan Band · May 26, 2016

When DisCo last covered the Oracle v. Google copyright infringement case, it was in the aftermath of the Federal Circuit’s […]

Jonathan Band · May 16, 2016

As Jon noted on Friday, the Supreme Court invited the views of the U.S. Solicitor General on whether to hear […]

Matt Schruers · January 14, 2015