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by wharfjumper
2575 days ago
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US legislation and precedents are not binding in other legal jurisdictions throughout Asia and Europe. There are international agreements (such as TRIPS[0]) that aim to provide a degree of intellectual property law consistency across the world but if Oracle prevails in this case it does not follow that APIs would be automatically copyrightable in all TRIPS signatory nations. However a visit or letter from a large litigious opponent is likely to strike fear into the hearts of most regardless of the legal merits of the case. For example this has been effective for Microsoft in licensing patents they cover aspects of the Android operating system[1]. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIPS_Agreement
1. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/microsoft_on_the_issues/... |
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