Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt)

Techdirt reportsthat the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has resurrectedOracle's copyright claim against Google for its use of the Java APIs inAndroid. "Honestly, the most concerning part of the whole thing ishow much of a mess CAFC has made of the whole process. The court ruledcorrectly originally that APIs are not subject to copyright. CAFC threwthat out and ordered the court to have a jury determine the fair usequestion. The jury found it to be fair use, and even though CAFC hadordered the issue be heard by a jury, it now says 'meh, we disagree withthe jury.' That's... bizarre."