diff --git a/OAT.xml b/OAT.xml
index c84e1b4df3bdb1005b4c8912e0cc70055b57bd6d..e524607eaa8a80033b75d4af45ed041c37bd5545 100644
--- a/OAT.xml
+++ b/OAT.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                 <!--filteritem type="filename" name="*.uvwxyz" desc="Describe the reason for filtering scan results"/-->
                 <!--filteritem type="filepath" name="abcdefg/.*.uvwxyz" desc="Describe the reason for filtering scan results"/-->
                 <!--filteritem type="filepath" name="projectroot/[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}.sh" desc="Temp files"/-->
+                <filteritem type="filename" name="license-and-copyright-specifications.md" desc="already checked"/>
             </filefilter>
             <filefilter name="readmeFileNamePolicyFilter" desc="Filters for README file policies">
                 <!--filteritem type="filename" name="*.uvwxyz" desc="Describe the reason for filtering scan results"/-->