Publisher: High Court Must Reject Canadian Code-Maker’s Copyright Cert Bid

( December 16, 2024, 3:10 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Dec. 13 opposition brief, a publication company tells the U.S. Supreme Court that the court should reject a petition for a writ of certiorari from a developer of Canadian legal codes and standards, arguing that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals was correct to hold that the codes are effectively uncopyrightable “law” in Canada when it reversed a Texas federal judge’s grant of summary judgment in the Canadian developer’s favor....