Friday, May 28, 2010

9th Circuit Article

Appellate lawyer (and frequent SCAN tipster) Ben Shatz (right), along with his fellow Manatt partner Mark Lee, have this article in today's DJ. 

They analyze a recent 9th Circuit opinion on copyright law, in which the court joined the 5th and 7th Circuits in holding a copyright is "registered" -- in the sense needed to permit an infringment action -- upon submission of all requisite registration materials.