Just in time for the 4th of July, a Third Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck down a preliminary injunction that protected a Pennsylvania company, Pyrotechnics Management Inc., from a Romanian competitor, FireTek. Pyrotechnics makes hardware and software used for fireworks displays. Pyrotechnics Management, Inc. vs. XFX Pyrotechnics LLC, FireTek, 3d Cir. No. 21-1695 (June 29, 2022). Pyrotechnics sued in federal Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered the knockout blow for Google, putting an end to the decade-long fight over Google’s copying of Oracle’s Java API, part of the Java SE platform. This ruling is important because 1) It leaves in place a 2014 ruling that the high-level code, structure, sequence and organization of an API are copyrightable subject matter; but also 2) permits software developers to copy this Read More