CCIA Asks High Court to Hear API Access Case Between Oracle, Google

Two federal circuit rulings allowing a company to use copyright to block access to application programming interfaces harms innovation, the Computer & Communications Industry Association argued Monday. CCIA asked the Supreme Court to hear Oracle v. Google, a case (see 1803280059) deciding whether copyright can be used to block communication between software programs. The case stems from a copyright lawsuit filed nearly a decade ago by Oracle seeking to block Google’s API access.