Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 6, 2023
Statutory copyright damages eligibility for group v. singular registration
Despite the statutory provision labeling group or compilation registration as one work, case law makes clear that group registration is not conclusive as to determination of statutory damages.
Dariush Adli
President
ADLI Law Group
444 S Flower St
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Email: adli@adlilaw.com
Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI
A recent decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal has helped clarify a longstanding uncertainty concerning eligibility criteria for statutory copyright infringement damages in cases where the copyrighted works are registered in a group as opposed to individual registration.
The decision is quite significant and consequential. Under copyright law, a plaintiff in an infringement action, who has timely registered his/her work, can elect ...
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