Google Inc. v. Oracle America, Inc.

Google Inc. v. Oracle America, Inc. was a legal case addressing whether Google’s use of certain programming code (specifically, Java APIs) in its Android software was a copyright infringement or protected as fair use. Oracle claimed that Google copied Java’s code without permission, violating copyright laws. The case went through multiple courts, with the Supreme Court eventually ruling in 2021 that Google's use of the code was a fair use, meaning it was allowed because it was used for creating a new, competitive software and involved a transformative purpose. This decision clarified how software APIs can be treated under copyright law.