Judge Denies Code Publisher’s Injunction Bid, Citing Likely Fair Use

(October 4, 2024, 10:53 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by a publisher of technical standards for a number of industries, holding that the publisher is unlikely to prevail on claims of both copyright and trademark infringement it brought against a company it said posted copies of its codes to its website without permission; the judge agreed with the defendant company and certain of its executives that a fair use defense likely applies....