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Oracle v. Google - Google applies to Supreme Court

17.10.2014

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...

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The Versata case: Third party beneficiary able to bring infringement claim of copyleft obligation in state court

14.04.2014

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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