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I thought Oracle's loss against Google for the Java/Android API lawsuit sort of set a precedent that APIs are not patentable...? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

I thought Oracle's loss against Google for the Java/Android API lawsuit sort of set a precedent that APIs are not patentable...? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google....

Lazare 9y ago
No, it found that an API was not copyrightable. The case is not relevant. An API is already not patentable, and while the case included some patent claims, Google successfully argued they were not violating them.