And this jury, that made the decision about APIs being copyrightable (in the US), that made this into "a clear loser for Google" in 2014 were also a dozen randomly selected laymen with no background in law nor programming?

Which part of "let's find a small group of the least qualified people to decide on billion dollar cases" ever seemed like a good idea to anyone?

Then there's the judge, who has a background in law but NOT in programming.

Then there's the lawyers, who have a background in both (assuming the expensive lawyers G and O can afford), as well as years and years of practice influencing the decisions of small groups of laymen.