Intellectual Property Law
New Matter WINTER 2019, Volume 44, Number 4
Content
- 2020 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2019-2020
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2019-2020
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Not So Fast: 2019 Federal Circuit Cases Challenge Reliance On Uspto Guidelines On Subject Matter Eligibility
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- "Wherein" the Money: Limiting, Inherent, or Aspirational?
- Copyright News
Copyright News
Jo Ardalan
One LLP
HIGH COURT TO DECIDE WHO OWNS STATE STATUTE ANNOTATIONS
The Supreme Court will decide whether the Eleventh Circuit incorrectly concluded that the annotations in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("OCGA") cannot be copyrighted by the State of Georgia.1 The annotations, which include enactment history and repeal information, cross references, commentaries, case notations, editors’ notes, law review excerpts, and summaries of Georgia Attorney General opinions and State Bar of Georgia advisory opinions, lack the force of law. The OGCA advises that annotations "do not constitute part of the law and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any Code section."2