GOOGLE LLC v. ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

No. 18-956.

141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021)

GOOGLE LLC, Petitioner v. ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Goldstein , Bethesda, MD, for the petitioner.

E. Joshua Rosenkranz , New York, NY, for the respondent.

Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm L. Stewart for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Kent Walker , Catherine Lacavera , Renny Hwang , Google LLC, Mountain View, CA, Lisa S. Blatt , David M. Krinsky , Sarah M. Harris , Meng Jia Yang , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Robert A. Van Nest , Christa M. Anderson , Eugene M. Paige , Reid P. Mullen , Keker, Van Nest, & Peters LLP, San Francisco, CA, Thomas C. Goldstein , Sarah E. Harrington , Kevin K. Russell , Daniel Woofter , Erica Oleszczuk Evans , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, Michael S. Kwun , Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP, San Francisco, CA, Bruce W. Baber , Marisa C. Maleck , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for petitioner.

Dorian E. Daley , Deborah K. Miller , Matthew M. Sarboraria , Andrew C. Temkin , Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA, Dale M. Cendali , Joshua L. Simmons , Jordan M. Romanoff , Ari E. Lipsitz , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Annette L. Hurst , Peter Bicks , Lisa T. Simpson , Andrew D. Silverman , Matthew R. Shahabian , Jeremy Peterman , Hannah Garden-Monheit , Geoffrey Moss , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, for respondent.


Oracle America, Inc., is the current owner of a copyright in Java SE, a computer program that uses the popular Java computer programming language. Google, without permission, has copied a portion of that program, a portion that enables a programmer to...

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