Medical device repair to face fresh copyright scrutiny despite US court victory
By Melissa Ritti ( October 30, 2026, 14:55 GMT | Comment) -- The comment period for the US Copyright Office’s 10th triennial rulemaking is open and independent medical equipment repairers must again defend their exemption from anticircumvention rules. In a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register this week, the government revealed that it will exclude that practice from streamlined renewal, opening a new chapter in what has become a heated debate.Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have scored an early win in the 10th triennial rulemaking, with the US Copyright Office announcing this week it will require a fuller evidentiary review of an exemption that has long rankled the medical device industry....
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