• Latest
    • AI
    • Careers
    • Diversity
    • Future of IP
    • Law firm news
    • Standard-essential patents
    • Trade secrets
    • Unified Patent Court
  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Copyright
  • Jurisdiction reports
  • Rankings
    • About Rankings
    • Practice Area Rankings
    • Diversity & Inclusion Top 100 2025
    • Leaders 2025
    • Company Directory
  • WIPR Insights
    • Magazines
    • Whitepapers
    • Webinars
  • Events
    • Conferences
    • Conference Videos
  • About
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Login


Subscribe
  • Home
  • Copyright
  • Georgia ruling: end of the public-private partnership?
railway-fx
12 June 2020CopyrightB. Brett Heavner

Georgia ruling: end of the public-private partnership?

In his dissent to the US Supreme Court’s  Georgia v Public.Resource.Org decision in April, Justice Clarence Thomas cautioned that invalidating Georgia’s copyright in state code annotations will seriously “shock” the public-private legal publishing system used by about half of the states.

Already registered?

Login to your account


If you don't have a login or your access has expired, you will need to purchase a subscription to gain access to this article, including all our online content.

For more information on individual annual subscriptions for full paid access and corporate subscription options please contact us.

To request a FREE 2-week trial subscription, please signup.
NOTE - this can take up to 48hrs to be approved.

Two Weeks Free Trial

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk


More on this story

Copyright
Georgia ruling leaves states and contractors in an awkward position
28 April 2020   State bodies and legislators cannot own the copyright to any works produced in the course of their official duties as lawmakers, the US Supreme Court has ruled.
Copyright
SCOTUS to rule on copyright protection for annotated legal texts
25 June 2019   The US Supreme Court is to decide whether states can hold copyright protection on annotated codes of law, in the case Georgia v Public.Resource.Org.


Editor's picks

‘We're being attacked from all sides’: Thermo Fisher Scientific counsel
Trademarks
‘We're being attacked from all sides’: Thermo Fisher Scientific counsel
30 October 2025

Editor's picks

Trademarks
‘We're being attacked from all sides’: Thermo Fisher Scientific counsel
30 October 2025
AI
WATCH: Untangling liability in AI systems—who’s responsible when things go wrong?
29 October 2025
Patents
Guarding innovation: How the Ministry of Defence keeps military inventions under wraps
27 October 2025
Trademarks
WIPR’s China Trademarks Rankings 2025: New entries, hidden gems and big brands
20 October 2025
Trademarks
Puma general counsel: ‘My role is to protect the holy grail’
17 October 2025
AI
Moderna counsel: 'AI can end the billable hour’
16 October 2025

More articles

Diversity message kicks off major US practitioners meeting
‘We're being attacked from all sides’: Thermo Fisher Scientific counsel
USPTO flags ‘foreign state-backed actors’ threat in stricter disclosure shift
Do fewer things better: Gap’s Kate Nye on maximising trademark value
Davis Wright Tremaine boosts IP team with NY partners
Reddit targets ‘would-be bank robbers’ Perplexity AI and others
Veteran patent attorney leaves WBD to ‘supercharge advocacy’ at new firm
Second bite at the cherry: Adjudicating redesigns after an ITC exclusion order

  • Home
  • News
  • Directory
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Subscription

WIPR
Newton Media Ltd
Kingfisher House
21-23 Elmfield Road
BR1 1LT
United Kingdom

  • Twitter
  • Linkedin