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Here is the actual ruling: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16064642/784/apple-inc-v-corellium-llc/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16064642/784/apple
by comex 6y ago
Here is the actual ruling:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16064642/784/apple-inc-v-corellium-llc/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16064642/784/apple-inc-...
The judge found that Corellium's use of iOS is fair use, in large part because Corellium's emulator satisfies the "transformative" test and is not a market substitute for normal uses of iOS. Interestingly, he explicitly mentioned Oracle v. Google, where Google's use of Java APIs was considered non-transformative, but distinguished this case from that one.
Note that, like most cases involving novel legal issues, this is all but certain to be appealed by the losing party.
Also, the judge only granted summary judgement on Apple's copyright infringement claim, not their DMCA anticircumvention claim, which he held involved a "genuine dispute of material facts" and thus would have to go to jury trial.
- webmobdev 6y agoEveryone should also know that Apple tried to buy the company first, but when talks failed, sued them. Typically bullying tactics of corporates.