In This Presentation:

- Software Copyright & Interoperability

- Program Language and Function Calls

- An Example API in Java

- Oracles’ Pattern of APIs

- Google’s Copying

- Questions?

..Copyright Issues

- Software Copyright Law in the United States

- What Expression is Copyrightable

- Application to Java and Android API Names

- Fair Use Defense

- Summary

- Excerpt from Summary:

- COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPRESSION IS PROTECTIBLE. The particular way in which Computer Software is written is generally copyrightable expression.

- FUNCTION MAY BE COPIED. Anyone is free to independently write their own software to implement the function of the Computer Software.

- MERGER. If there is only one or a very limited number of ways in which the function of the software can be implemented then there is no copyright protection.

- FAIR USE. Interoperability and Compatibility may be considered in a fair use defense.