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SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd
European Court of Justice
Decided 2 May 2012
CaseC-406/10

SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd was a case decided by the European Court of Justice which held that under Union law neither the functionality of a computer program nor the programming language [...] used in a computer program [...] constitute a form of expression. Accordingly, they do not enjoy copyright protection. [1]

The case limited the aspects of computer programs which were eligible for copyright protection, and was subsequently cited in the case of Oracle Corporation's lawsuit against Google over the latter's use of Java in Android.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-05/cp120053en.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/judge-oracle-google/

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