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the lawsuit will now be known as Google v. Oracle, since Google asked the Supreme Court to hear the case. After nine years, we’ll have to get used to calling the case by this new name

Interesting.

Poetic.

Google can’t win this fight (if they win) as a defendant, only as an aggressor.

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> Google can’t win this fight (if they win) as a defendant

Sure they can (and it's the only way they can), if they win at the Supreme Court, it will be as a Defendant-Appellant. And if, as is often the case, the final formalization of the victory comes on remand back to the trial court from the Supreme Court after the Supreme Court declares the controlling law, that victory will be as a simple Defendant.

Thanks for the clarification. IANAL.

(It’s been a beautiful saga. I hope they make a movie out of it.)

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