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Judge Alsup Rules: Oracle's Java APIs are Not Copyrightable (Groklaw)

Judge Alsup Rules: Oracle's Java APIs are Not Copyrightable (Groklaw)

Posted Jun 2, 2012 9:50 UTC (Sat) by storner (subscriber, #119)
In reply to: Judge Alsup Rules: Oracle's Java APIs are Not Copyrightable (Groklaw) by Baylink
Parent article: Judge Alsup Rules: Oracle's Java APIs are Not Copyrightable (Groklaw)

Oracle said they would appeal.

Even if they don't, this verdict was handed down in the Ninth Circuit which covers most (all?) of Silicon Valley. So it will probably be "the law" for most of the US IT-tech companies.


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Judge Alsup Rules: Oracle's Java APIs are Not Copyrightable (Groklaw)

Posted Jun 2, 2012 20:49 UTC (Sat) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

the 9th circuit covers the western US

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/view.php?pk_id=000000...

Judge Alsup Rules: Oracle's Java APIs are Not Copyrightable (Groklaw)

Posted Jun 4, 2012 1:17 UTC (Mon) by butlerm (subscriber, #13312) [Link]

Most of it, anyway. Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico are part of the Tenth Circuit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals

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