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American Society for Testing, et al v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Case Number:
17-7035
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Companies
- American Association of Law Libraries
- American Dental Association
- American Hospital Association
- American Insurance Association
- American Medical Association Inc.
- American National Standards Institute Inc.
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Association of Research Libraries
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Consumer Reports Inc.
- International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials Inc.
- International Code Council Inc.
- International Trademark Association
- Justia Inc.
- National Electrical Manufacturers Association
- National Employment Law Project
- OpenGov Inc.
- Public Citizen Inc.
- The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc.
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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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July 17, 2018
DC Circ. Nixes Ruling On Copyrighted Regulations
The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday on a closely watched case over copyright protection for private industry rules that are later transformed into federal law, tossing out a lower court's decision but leaving "far thornier" constitutional questions for another day.
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May 14, 2018
Federal Standards 'Not Copyrightable,' DC Circ. Told
Private industry standards lose copyright protection when they are later turned into mandatory federal regulations, a public records nonprofit asserted in oral arguments Monday in urging a D.C. Circuit panel to upend a decision granting that protection to industry standards that ultimately were incorporated into federal requirements.
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December 07, 2017
INTA Says TM Args Inapplicable In Fed. Regs Copyright Suit
The International Trademark Association on Wednesday urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the interpretation of two trademark cases a nonprofit relied on in its appeal of a lower court ruling that said copyright law covers private industry standards later turned into federal regulations, arguing the cases were either inapplicable or never raised until now.
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September 26, 2017
Calif. Reps. Tell DC Circ. Gov't Regs Can't Be Copyrighted
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the D.C. Circuit on Monday to overturn a ruling that said copyright law covers private industry standards that are later turned into federal regulations, warning that nobody should be "held liable for publishing the law of the land."
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August 30, 2017
Fed. Regs Can't Be Copyrighted, Nonprofit Tells DC Circ.
A nonprofit whose goal is to publicize industry rules written by private standards-setting groups that are later turned into law has appealed to the D.C. Circuit a lower court's February ruling that those regulations are protected by copyright law and must be removed from its website.