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Spreading “Ultralight” on Copyright Registration Requirement: An Application is not a Registration

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Kayne West was involved in yet another lawsuit. This time, instead of suing to force his way onto the November 2020 presidential ballot, he was sued for allegedly copying from a child...more

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March 2019 IP Update: Copyright Owners Must Wait to File Infringement Claims

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Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no civil action for infringement of . . . copyright . . . shall be instituted until . . . registration of the copyright claim has been made in accordance with this title.” A...more

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SCOTUS to Consider Copyright Registration Circuit Split

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The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street.com to resolve a long-standing split among the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals concerning whether copyright...more

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Copyright Office Clarifies Rules on Protection and Damage Award Linked with Group and Database Copyright Applications

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With the continued growth of Internet-related new technologies, authors, website operators and photographers are producing larger and larger volumes of digital content. The Coalition of Visual Artists surveyed 1,744...more

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Two Copyright To-Dos Before Year End

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Tackle the following two tasks before year end to help protect your company from copyright infringement liability and secure your copyright assets in 2018....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Journalism Organization Petitions for Resolution of the Copyright Application v. Registration Debate

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The registration requirement in the Copyright Act is a well-known subject of debate, and the Eleventh Circuit recently joined the fray by siding with the registration approach camp. ...more

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Your Digital Millennium Copyright Registration May Be About To Expire

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Last November, we wrote about the Copyright Office’s decision to ditch its paper registration system for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) safe harbor and start a new online system completely from scratch. If you...more

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Application or Registration? Eleventh Circuit Widens Circuit Split

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The Eleventh Circuit has widened the circuit split on whether a copyright application or completed registration is required before filing a copyright infringement lawsuit. In Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street.com,...more

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