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Legal Intelligencer: Gallup Mistake Invalidates Copyright

After four years of litigation, a federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement suit brought by Gallup Inc. — the consulting firm best known for the Gallup Poll — after finding that it never properly registered a copyright for its “employee satisfaction survey.”

Gallup v. Kenexa Corp., No. 00-5523 (E.D.Pa. Nov. 8, 2004).

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