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Oracle v. Google / Ars Series

  1. How the Supreme Court saved the software industry from API copyrights

    The Supreme Court surprised everyone with its API copyright ruling.

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  2. Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google

    Supreme Court justices seem poised to allow copyrights on APIs.

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  3. The Supreme Court hears Oracle v. Google tomorrow—here’s what’s at stake

    The Supreme Court could decide whether APIs can be copyrighted.

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  4. Before it sued Google for copying from Java, Oracle got rich copying IBM’s SQL

    Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights.

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  5. Supreme Court agrees to review disastrous ruling on API copyrights

    A 2018 ruling on API copyrights could cause problems for the software industry.

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  6. “Google’s use of the Java API packages was not fair,” appeals court rules

    Oracle wants $8.8 billion, but that’s now for a lower court to determine.

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  7. Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in API battle

    Oracle insinuates Google was “a plagiarist” that committed “classic unfair use.”

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  8. It’s official: Oracle will appeal its “fair use” loss against Google

    Case goes back to court that held APIs are copyrighted in the first place.

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  9. Judge skewers Oracle attorney for revealing Google, Apple trade secrets [Update]

    Lawyer “screwed up and she never should have done what she did,” judge says.

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  10. Google twists the knife, asks for sanctions against Oracle attorney

    What Google doesn't want you to know: It pays Apple $1 billion to be on the iPhone.

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  11. Judge blasts Oracle’s attempt to overturn pro-Google jury verdict

    Oracle's cross-examination of Schwartz "focused on character assassination."

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  12. The Google/Oracle decision was bad for copyright and bad for software

    Op-ed: APIs are creative enough to justify copyright, but not all uses are fair uses.

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  1. How Oracle’s fanciful history of the smartphone failed at trial

    Op-ed: Learning patent troll newspeak—success is cheating, invention is theft.

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  2. Google’s fair use victory is good for open source

    Op-ed: No, Google's win won't gut the GPL.

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  3. Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google’s court victory might kill the GPL

    Developers shouldn't celebrate Google's win in this hard-fought copyright case.

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  4. Google beats Oracle—Android makes “fair use” of Java APIs

    Oracle has spent many millions trying to get a chunk of Android, to no avail.

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  5. How Oracle made its case against Google, in pictures

    Armed with Google's own e-mails, Oracle said "fair use" was nowhere to be found.

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  6. Oracle slams Google to jury: “You don’t take people’s property”

    "It takes strength and courage to stand up to Google. That's what Oracle has done."

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  7. Google’s closing argument: Android was built from scratch, the fair way

    "Oracle took none of the risk, but wants all the credit, and a lot of the money."

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  8. Oracle v. Google draws to a close, jury sent home until next week

    Was Android built the right way? The decision will soon be up to a jury.

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  9. CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring code is not code”

    "It was established industry practice," says Page, as Oracle v. Google nears end.

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  10. Oracle economist: Android stole Java’s “window of opportunity”

    Android skyrocketed as Java's phone business declined. Was it a fair fight?

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  11. Apache e-mails, shown in court, say Android “ripped off” Oracle IP

    Is the Mazzocchi e-mail a "smoking gun," or just a guy shooting his mouth off?

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  12. Sun’s head of Java sales: Android was “devastating”

    The era of the Java phone gave way to Android. Not everyone was happy.

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  1. Oracle Java architect conscripts Harry Potter in making the case against Google

    Oracle's expert gives Android a failing grade without the "copied code."

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  2. Oracle CEO: Google’s Android broke Java in two

    "I immediately said, 'Thou shalt not steal'—It's an oldie but a goodie."

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  3. Oracle CEO Safra Catz: “We did not buy Sun to file this lawsuit”

    In Catz's view, Android is an "unauthorized fork" of Java.

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  4. Google puts its expert on the stand to combat Oracle, wraps up its case

    "If your students use commercial software, they should pay for it, right?"

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  5. At trial, top Android coder explains Oracle’s questions on “scrubbed” source code

    "The S-word and the F-word are not generally considered... professional."

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  6. Top programmer describes Android’s nuts and bolts in Oracle v. Google

    On cross, Dan Bornstein is asked about scrubbing the "J-word" from source code.

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  7. Copyright and consequences: Google’s Andy Rubin defends Android to jury

    "A clean room means you don't copy stuff, right, Mr. Rubin?"

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  8. Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz at trial: Java was free, Android had no licensing problem

    Schwartz parries attacks by Oracle's lawyer suggesting he was a terrible CEO.

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  9. On the stand, Google’s Eric Schmidt says Sun had no problems with Android

    Oracle's lawyer: "Whatever you call it, you expect people to follow it, right?"

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  10. Google to jury: Android was built with our engineers’ hard work

    "Android is precisely the kind of thing that fair use was intended to encourage."

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  11. Google took our property—and our opportunity, Oracle tells jury

    "If that code wasn’t in their three billion phones, not one would work."

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  12. Second Oracle v. Google trial could lead to huge headaches for developers

    Oracle bought Java and now wants a staggering $9 billion from Google.

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