The landmark Google v. Oracle Supreme Court decision on fair use came after over 30 years of silence by the Court on this topic. The Court found that Google has no liability for copying Java APIs and using them in Android because Google's use of the Java API code constituted fair use. At the same time, the Court refused to address whether an API can be copyrighted at all. What does this mean to the software industry? Does this have broader implications beyond software? Find out first hand insights from legal experts who litigated both sides of this case.
The panelists will be:
Andrew Silverman, Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - Counsel for Oracle
Jonathan Foot, Assistant General Counsel at The MathWorks - Amici for Oracle
Michael Kwun, Partner at Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP - Counsel for Google
Marta Belcher, General Counsel at Protocol Labs, Special Counsel at EFF, Chair of Filecoin Foundation - Amici for Google
The panel will be moderated by Duo Chen, Senior Director of IP at Box.
