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Supreme Court Finds Google’s Copying of Oracle’s APIs a Fair Use

LexBlog IP

The Supreme Court’s decision held that, contrary to the decision by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals which was discussed in our previous alert , Google’s use of Oracle’s APIs was protected by the copyright defense of Fair Use. Oracle owns the widely-used Java platform and Java programming language.

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"TM-compliant" ads not shown to be nominative fair use

43(B)log

First, nominative fair use permits only the “truthful use of a mark.” Use of the mark with the words “compliant,” “legal,” and “meets. Toyota, 610 F.3d 3d at 1177. Defendants contended that one axe “meet[s] WATL Regulations” and that another “meets WATL Regulations with a slight modification that is commonly made.”

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5th Cir affirms fair use on a motion to dismiss, fee award to D

43(B)log

25, 2022) “The softball team and flag corps at a public high school outside Fort Worth used their Twitter accounts to post a motivational passage from sports psychologist Keith Bell’s book, Winning Isn’t Normal.” He sued; the court of appeals affirms a finding of fair use on a motion to dismiss and an award of attorneys’ fees.

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Fair Use Shields Google in Its Copyright Battle with Oracle

The IP Law Blog

Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages. In designing the mobile platform, Google independently developed most of the code but copied what the parties referred to as “declaring code” for 37 application programming interfaces, or APIs.

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copying/explicit references let Roblox proceed with dubious (c) claim; Lego should be watching

43(B)log

Its TOS provide that users will not use Roblox content outside of the Roblox Platform, monetize Roblox content, or imply an association with Roblox for their businesses outside of the Roblox Platform. Wowwee sells a line of dolls called “My Avastars,” which plaintiffs allege were “copied directly from Roblox’s Classic Avatars.”

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Publishers Cite Napster and AI Training Threats in Legal Battle with the Internet Archive

TorrentFreak

Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, only one patron at a time can rent a digital copy of a physical book. “In short, IA’s practice of CDL is radical and unlawful.

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Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Though whether an address is public or private depends on whether the audience has a common bond, such as being students at the same institution, if they work for the same business or belongs to them. Fair use; webinar recordings.