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ICYMI: District Court Denies Oracle’s Move to Overturn Fair Use Ruling in Favor of Google
On May 26, 2016, a jury ruled in favor of Google's use of Java's API in its Android system, finding that the inclusion of the code was fair use. Oracle...
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Google Wins Another Fair Use Case
On May 26, 2016, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Google in its battle against Oracle. Oracle brought suit claiming that Google infringed by using Java application programming...
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Supreme Court denies Authors Guild Petition for Certiorari
The Supreme Court of the United States has denied the Authors Guild for petition of certiorari in Authors Guild v. Google. This decision leaves the Second Circuit's opinion affirming fair use...
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District Court Reaffirms Fair Use in Georgia State University E-Reserves Case
On March 31, 2016, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia released its opinion (PDF) on remand in Cambridge University Press v. Becker, the case in which...
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A Deeper Dive Into the New Georgia State Decision
Last week, on March 31, 2016, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia released its opinion on remand in the Georgia State University e-reserves case. The case had...
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New Decision in Georgia State University E-Reserves Case Released; 41 of 48 Claims of Infringement Found to Be Fair Uses
On March 31, 2016, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia released its opinion on remand in the Georgia State University e-reserves case, Cambridge University Press v. Becker. The district court...
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ICYMI: Authors Guild Seeks Supreme Court Review of Google Books Fair Use Case
On December 31, 2015, the Authors Guild filed its petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States asking for review of the Second Circuit's...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—December 2015
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues from October 1, 2015 to December 22, 2015 by Prudence S. Adler and Krista Cox. 2015.12.22-pr-AdvocacyAndPolicyUpdateDecember.pdf
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas (Fisher II)
On December 9, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case involving the University of Texas (UT) admissions...
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D.C. Circuit Court to Hear Net Neutrality Arguments on December 4
On Friday, December 4, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in United States Telecom Ass'n v. Federal Communications Comm'n. The case comes to the...