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Von: Dennis G. Jansen, LL.M. (Berkeley)

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By: Sylvia F. Jakob

After reaching the final stages, the Versata saga, a ray of hope for the judicial interpretation of certain GPL v. 2 provisions, has ultimately been settled outwith court.

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Author: Dipl.-Jur. Dennis G. Jansen, LL.M. (Berkeley)

In the lawsuit of Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc., Google last Monday applied to the Supreme Court for a review of the case.  Read More...

Gastbeitrag von: Dr. Ruta Lazauskaite

Wir berichteten schon über den Fall Versata v. Ameriprise, der die Möglichkeit von Drittbegünstigten zum Gegenstand hat,  Copyleft-Verpflichtungen vor US-Gerichten durchzusetzen. Im Nachgang gab dieser Fall den Anlass für weitere Rechtsstreitigkeiten, in denen beide Prozessparteien verklagt wurden.

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Author: Sylvia F. Jakob

In Versata  the  court held  that a claim of a third party beneficiary, who wished to compel a software producer to license derivative works of  GPL software under the GPL, was not preempted by the Copyright Act.

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