Code Publisher Seeks Rehearing After 5th Circuit Finds Codes Uncopyrightable

(August 1, 2024, 11:13 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In a pair of petitions, a Canadian developer of legal standards and codes requested either panel rehearing or rehearing en banc after a split panel in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a Texas federal judge’s grant of summary judgment against a publisher accused by the developer of illegally republishing complete versions of the code, arguing that the panel incorrectly held that the codes are effectively “law” in Canada....

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