U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 24, 2018
The race to register: Will copyright applicants win or lose?
Anxious U.S. copyright owners need only wait until next year for a conclusive answer as to whether a plaintiff must have a certificate of copyright registration in hand before initiating a copyright infringement lawsuit, or whether the filing of application alone suffices.






Jessica Bromall Sparkman
Partner
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
IP law
Phone: (310) 203-8080
Email: jbromall@jmbm.com
USC Law School
Rod S. Berman
Partner
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
1900 Ave of the Stars Fl 7
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 201-3517
Fax: (310) 712-8517
Email: RBerman@jmbm.com
Loyola Law School
OT18

Anxious U.S. copyright owners need only wait until next year for a conclusive answer as to whether a plaintiff must have a certificate of copyright registration in hand before initiating a ...
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