Judge Tosses Canadian Legal Code Copyright Fight After 5th Circuit’s Reversal

(September 20, 2024, 11:32 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — After the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued its mandate reversing a Texas federal judge’s grant of summary judgment against a publisher accused by a Canadian developer of legal codes and standards of illegally republishing complete versions of the code because the code is effectively uncopyrightable “law” in Canada, the judge on Sept. 19 filed an order granting summary judgment in the publisher’s favor....

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