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  1. October 16, 2020

    Industry Groups Drop Suit Over Copyrighted Regulations

    A long-running copyright fight over private industry rules that are later transformed into federal law came to an end when a trio of private organizations agreed to drop a lawsuit aiming to stop a nonprofit from publishing their testing standards online.

  2. 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.

  3. February 18, 2016

    Standards Adopted Into Law Are Public Domain, Law Profs Say

    A group of law professors on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court to rule against the American Psychological Association Inc. and other organizations that claim a website infringed a copyright for their testing standards by publishing the materials online.

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