The "problem" isn't even set up right. "The original work of authorship" is the Java API source code, which is not a "method of operation". The "method of operation" is the Java API. It is described ...

In a landmark decision concerning the copyrightability of computer software, on May 9, 2014, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals held that Oracle, Inc. is entitled to copyright protection for 37 ...

The ruling that APIs can be copyrighted could make it a lot harder to take advantage of APIs with a direct license With Oracle’s surprise win in federal court today over its Java intellectual property ...

On May 9, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued what will likely be a highly influential—and in many ways problematic—ruling on source code copyright, holding that a set of Java ...

The scene of the Oracle-Google trial today was more like a computer science classroom than a courtroom as the witnesses explained the inner workings of Java and APIs. Mark Reinhold, Oracle Java ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A major intellectual property lawsuit involving IT giants ...

Get ready for another courtroom showdown between Oracle and Google over Java. The heavyweight legal match-up between Oracle and Google has already had some dramatic results: In 2014, a U.S. Court of ...

Where does it say that the test for merger is as at the time of creation (ie like originality for copyright or like prior art for patents)? Is this CAFC or some other court? I had a look but can't see ...