Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.

Overview

• Court: US Supreme Court (merits stage) 
• Issue: Competition
• Status: Pending (oral argument postponed until Fall 2020) 

Questions Presented:

1. Whether copyright protection extends to a software interface that allows developers to operate prewritten libraries of code used to perform particular tasks.
2. Whether, as the jury found, petitioner's use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use.

RLC's Position:
The RLC’s brief explains the far anti-competitive reach of allowing copyright law to bind users to certain software, such as how such a result could inhibit the interoperability of online retail. 

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