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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 14:55 UTC (Sat) by jjs (guest, #10315)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)
By definition they are only precedent in their jurisdiction. If the 9th Circuit agrees with Judge Alsup, it becomes precedent in 9th Circuit. So on going up.
However, just because it's not precedent doesn't mean other courts can't use it as a point of reasoning - EU decisions are NOT precedent in the US, but the US courts have looked at their line of reasoning and agreed.
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