Intellectual Property
Sep. 26, 2015
Minding multiplicity in copyright damages
Parsing a deceptively straightforward provision of the Copyright Act reveals complexities the depths of which have confounded lawyer, judge and jury alike. By Scott Alan Burroughs
Intellectual property practitioners know the basics: If an infringer violates a copyright
that has been registered before the infringement, that infringer is on the hook for
a statutory damages award of up to $150,000. See 17 U.S.C. Section 504(c)(1)-(2).
Parsing this deceptively straightforward provision of the Copyright Act, however,
reveals complexities the depths of which have...
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