2020 Patent, Copyright & Trademark Legal Updates

Supreme Court Rules That Annotations in Official Law Codes Are in Public Domain

April 27, 2020. U.S. Supreme Court holds that a state’s official law codes, including explanatory materials known as annotations, do not qualify for copyright protection.

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