copyright registration
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Does an Incorrect Claimant Invalidate a Copyright Registration?
Awhile back I reported on Kunkel v. Jasin, an unpublished decision out of the Third Circuit. In it, Kunkel, who was in bankruptcy, filed copyright applications in his own name rather than the name of the estate. His case was dismissed, and the dismissal affirmed, because the certificates named the wrong owner. We now have […] Continue reading
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You Have to Own the Copyright
Short and sweet: after seven years of litigation, partial summary judgment, and an award against the defendant for $100,000, the court vacated it all because, a year after the award, the defendant’s new lawyer noticed the plaintiff didn’t actually own the copyrights, its subsidiaries did. In light of the recently unearthed determination that Plaintiff lacks […] Continue reading
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