Re:U.S. Supreme Court Denies Google's Request to Appeal Orac...
by dragonwriter on Monday June 29, 2015 @07:37PM
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> Yes, the jury ruled that there was infringement
A jury verdict is not a court judgement. Because the district court ruled against copyrightability, it did not rule on infringement. When the court rules on infringement -- and the court is not necessarily constrained by the jury verdict on that point, and there will be further motions on it -- then someone will likely be upset and appeal that judgement to the Court of Appeals again. And whichever way that goes, there will no doubt be an appeal to the Supreme Court again.
And, after all that is done, then we'll have a final answer.
A jury verdict is not a court judgement. Because the district court ruled against copyrightability, it did not rule on infringement. When the court rules on infringement -- and the court is not necessarily constrained by the jury verdict on that point, and there will be further motions on it -- then someone will likely be upset and appeal that judgement to the Court of Appeals again. And whichever way that goes, there will no doubt be an appeal to the Supreme Court again.
And, after all that is done, then we'll have a final answer.