Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, the nation’s highest court rejected an appeal by Google Inc GOOG 0.3% GOOGL 0.74% to overturn a copyright ruling that could put Google on the hook for roughly $1 billion in licensing fees.

The original lawsuit, filed by Oracle Corporation ORCL 0.3% in 2010, revolves around Google’s use of Oracle’s Java language.

The Story

A San Francisco Federal judge originally ruled in favor of Google, stating that Java application program interfaces (APIs) replicated by Google in its design of the Android smartphone operating system were not subject to copyright protection and were fair game for anyone wishing to use them.

However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed that decision last year, explaining that the APIs are subject to copyright protection “until either the Supreme Court or Congress tells us otherwise.”

What Now?

Although the ruling was certainly a step in the right direction for Oracle, Google’s appeal now heads…

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