[This post has ben authored by Ajeeth Srinivas, a 4th year student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] The first Part of this Article analysed the judgement in the case of Google v Oracle, in suppoet of the minority opinion. The first part analysed the implications of the judgement on the idea-expression dichotomy and…
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Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.: The Dissent That Matters (Part 1)
[This post has been authored by Ajeeth Srinivas, a 4th year student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] “If the majority is going to speculate about what Oracle might do, it should at least consider what Google has done.” Background On 5th April 2021, the Supreme Court of the United State of America passed a…
Google and Antitrust: A Series of Unfortunate Events
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/92t8FA) In its long series of antitrust woes, Google found itself facing an antitrust complaint filed by two Korean internet search sites a few years ago, accusing it of blocking third party search applications from the Android operating system, though it was later acquitted of the same. It was this complaint that later…