diff --git a/src/cluecode/copyrights.py b/src/cluecode/copyrights.py
index 6d17467acf..ad5716faec 100644
--- a/src/cluecode/copyrights.py
+++ b/src/cluecode/copyrights.py
@@ -2948,6 +2948,9 @@ def build_detection_from_node(
 
     COPYRIGHT: {<COPY> <COPY> <NNP>+}        #1800
 
+    # Copyright holder without year (e.g., Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors)
+    COPYRIGHT: {<COPY>+ <NNP|NAME> <NNP|NAME|COMPANY>+ <AUTHS>?}
+
     # Copyright (c) 2003+ Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mxt.ru>
     COPYRIGHT: {<COPY> <COPY> <YR-PLUS> <NAME|NAME-EMAIL|NAME-YEAR>+}        #1801