When a decade-long legal battle between Google and Oracle finally reaches the US Supreme Court this week, many in the tech industry will be following the proceedings with unusual interest. IssueBut for many in the tech world, the main interest of the case rests on a fundamental technical issue. For the software industry, those rulings were a bombshell. DelayA seven-month delay to the hearing because of the pandemic, meanwhile, has left Google with a steeper legal hill to climb. Following the death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it has to win at least a five-three verdict to overturn the rulings against it.

Source: The Irish Times October 06, 2020 08:26 UTC