Legal Opinion
American Dental Association v. Delta Dental Plans Association
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1997No. 96-4140PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
This ease presents the question whether a taxonomy is copyrightable. The American Dental Association has created the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature. The first edition was published in 1969; the Code has been revised frequently since, in response to changes in dental knowledge and technology. All dental procedures are classified into groups; each procedure receives a number, a short description, and a long description. For example, number 04267 has been assigned to the short description “guided tissue regeneration — nonresorbable barrier, per site, per…
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