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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by hcknwscommenter on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:30AM (#16695571)
>APIs aren't copyrightable according to the court that's generally supposed to handle such things, in this instance The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

That is just not true. According to the well-pleaded complaint rule, the Federal Circuit had jurisdiction.

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by wtallis on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:51AM (#16696150)
> According to the well-pleaded complaint rule, the Federal Circuit had jurisdiction.

The Federal Circuit has the right to hear and decide this particular case, but they do not have the right to establish binding precedent on lower courts or other appeals courts in matters of copyright law. This has been explained to you repeatedly.

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