Registration is not required for valid copyright ownership, but it is required before you can bring a copyright infringement lawsuit. Section 411(a) of the Copyright ...

Suppose that you want to register your copyright by preparing and filing a copyright application with the U.S. Copyright Office. What if you were unaware that you ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Bringing a long-simmering issue to a close, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that copyright owners cannot sue for infringement until after the ...

The issue arises because the applicant here (Unicolors) made no factual errors in the application, but apparently made a legal mistake. Specifically, it filed a single application for 31 fabric ...

On May 29, 2020, the Ninth Circuit continued the trend of courts more closely scrutinizing the plaintiff’s compliance with registration formalities in copyright infringement lawsuits. Registration ...