* Posts by Pclogic

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After ten years, the Google vs Oracle API copyright mega-battle finally hit the Supreme Court – and we listened in

Pclogic

GUI vs API

Here is another angle — what if this case was about Google copying the look, feel, and behavior of a GUI instead of the case being about a text API? Would that fall under the same question of copyright versus patent?

Is the GUI vs API discussion even an apples-to-apples comparison? GUIs take visual creativity, but APIs also require creativity to design.