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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.
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1:13-cv-01215
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Firms
- Carter Ledyard
- DLA Piper
- Fenwick & West
- FisherBroyles
- King & Spalding
- Latham & Watkins
- Morgan Lewis
- Morris Manning
- Munger Tolles
- Robins Kaplan
- Wernick & Associates
Companies
- American Insurance Association
- American National Standards Institute Inc.
- International Code Council Inc.
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March 20, 2023
DC Circ. Mulls Copyrighted Regulations For 2nd Time
The D.C. Circuit didn't seem sure where to land Monday on whether transparency group Public.Resource had violated copyrights by distributing 184 private industry rules that were later made into federal law on the case's second trip up to the appellate level.
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April 01, 2022
Advocates Can Copy Many Industry Standards, Judge Says
A Washington, D.C., federal judge has ruled that a transparency group is allowed to distribute 184 private industry rules that were later transformed into federal law, saying those were fair use.
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February 03, 2017
Federal Regulations Can Be Copyrighted, Court Rules
A D.C. federal court ruled Thursday that private standards-setting groups can claim copyright ownership of industry rules that are transformed into federal law, thwarting a nonprofit that wanted to post the regulations online for better public access.