Welcome to Skilled in the Art. I'm Law.com IP reporter Scott Graham. I heard the Supreme Court wanted the SG's views on Oracle and Google's mammoth copyright clash, so I've got 'em below. Oh wait, the Supreme Court wants to hear from the SG, the solicitor general, just as it did the first time around in 2015. It made me wonder: How often do the justices issue CVSGs twice in the same case? And does the SG ever change its mind? Thankfully, Twitter is rich with answers. Meanwhile, Quinn Emanuel pulled off a nifty feat, winning an injunction on a patent that the PTAB thinks is invalid. The firm is also fending off a disqualification motion in a high-profile battle between soccer nonprofits. I've got all the details below. As always you can email me your thoughts and follow me on Twitter.

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Let's Hear From the Solicitor General—Again

In journalism we call it B matter. It's the background to a story that we write in advance of anticipated breaking news.

Ahead of the Supreme Court's April 26 conference, I wrote four separate sets of B matter based on what I saw as the most likely outcomes in Google v. Oracle, the copyright clash of Silicon Valley titans: One for cert denied. One for cert granted on Question 1 (whether copyright protection extends to Oracle's Java APIs). One for cert granted on Question 2 (whether a jury could find Google's copying a fair use). And one for cert granted on both questions.

I was all set. Once the Supreme Court announced its decision Monday morning, I would select the B matter that matched, hit “publish,” and my story would be online in minutes.