There's no copyright in works produced by the federal government. This is explicitly stated in federal copyright law.The sentence you quoted was about trademarks.
"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."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105
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2024-07-11 19:11:02
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