Rodney,
US law exempts all works by the US government from copyright.
35 USC § 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works
Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the
United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from
receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or
otherwise.
Edlyn Simmons
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From: "Rodney Cruise - IP MENU" <rodney.cruise@ipmenu.com> on 09/23/2002 01:29
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"Rodney Cruise - IP MENU" To: piug-l@derwent.co.uk
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Subject: US Patents & Copyright
09/22/2002 09:29 PM
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Dear All
I have a question relating to the recent topic of Patents & Copyright.
I apologise if this question has been previously answered.
Does copyright exist in an issued US patent? Is there any US statute or
case law on this matter that someone could refer me to?
Regards
Rodney Cruise
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