UNFAVOURABLE OUTLOOK: The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to hear the case by the end of its term in June.
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: The Obama administration sided against Google Inc and said the US Supreme Court should not hear the company's appeal in a case against Oracle Corp with wide implications for the technology industry, according to a court filing.
The case involves how much copyright protection should extend to the Java programming language. Oracle won a federal appeals court ruling last year that allows it to copyright parts of Java, while Google argues it should be free to use Java without paying a licensing fee.
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