> No, it was found to be a copyright infringement in the first trial
I believe GP is correct. The jury found it to be infringement, but then Alsup ruled it wasn't copyrightable in the first place, so the jury's finding was irrelevant.
edit: oops, sorry, didn't realize the rangeCheck scope of this subthread
> The jury found it to be infringement, but then Alsup ruled it wasn't copyrightable in the first place, so the jury's finding was irrelevant.
No, the final judgement in the first trial by Alsup found the APIs weren't copyrightable, but that the literal copying of rangeCheck and some other compiled files was infringement. (For which no damages were awarded, by stipulation of the parties, I think because everyone was planning to appeal everything and didn't really want to wait for damage calculations to get that ball rolling.)
I believe GP is correct. The jury found it to be infringement, but then Alsup ruled it wasn't copyrightable in the first place, so the jury's finding was irrelevant.
edit: oops, sorry, didn't realize the rangeCheck scope of this subthread