On August 7, 2020, Oracle and Google each submitted “letter briefs” to the Supreme Court on the appropriate standard of […]

Jonathan Band · August 10, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered Google and Oracle to file supplemental briefs concerning the appropriate standard of review of […]

Jonathan Band · May 4, 2020

This is a cross-post from Patent Progress by Joshua Landau. Joshua Landau is the Patent Counsel at the Computer & Communications […]

Josh Landau · November 21, 2019

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Google’s petition for review of the Federal Circuit’s decisions in 2014 and 2018 that […]

Jonathan Band · November 15, 2019

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