Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC has important implications for copyright owners who file infringement suits, including authors of literary, musical, and dramatic works.

Key Points:

..The Supreme Court recently held that the Copyright Office must issue a registration before a litigant can bring a copyright infringement lawsuit. Simply filing an application for registration is not sufficient to bring suit.

..However, parties can preregister certain classes of works or pursue expedited registration, as necessary, in order to be in a position to promptly file a lawsuit.