Microsoft Asks Supreme Court to Review Fair-Use Decisions in Oracle Lawsuit

January 25, 2019 |Courts

Denying Microsoft the ability to use existing software interfaces to build computer programs under copyright law would severely limit computer industry innovation, Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker blogged Thursday. Microsoft asks the Supreme Court to review its ongoing fair use dispute with Oracle (see 1705300064). Upholding past rulings against Microsoft would be “akin to saying that keyboard shortcuts can work with only one type of computer,” Walker wrote. Oracle didn’t comment immediately.