Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 793

REQUEST FOR BRIEFING. Signed by Judge Alsup on March 14, 2012. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/14/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C 10-03561 WHA

Plaintiff,
v.

REQUEST FOR BRIEFING

GOOGLE INC.,

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Defendant.
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In the reply briefs on copyright due March 23, please explain the mechanism by which the

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Java programming language is free and open for anyone to use but the APIs are not. If the

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Android platform does not infringe Oracle’s copyrights by using the Java programming language,

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how has Google infringed Oracle’s copyrights by using Java APIs? Did Sun statements that

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made the Java programming language available for all to use expressly reserve as to the Java

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APIs?

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Dated: March 14, 2012.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE