Suppose that you want to register your copyright by preparing and filing a copyright application with the U.S. Copyright Office. What if you were unaware that you ...

In Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held in March of this year that a copyright claimant can only commence ...

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Dr. Stephen Thaler that challenged federal agency and court rulings preventing copyright registration for an image ...

“Once resolved, copyright owners will know what is required before being able to sue…” On Thursday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that should resolve the long-standing question ...

Copyright owners will have to wait for the registration process to play out before suing for infringement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday. Owners had ...

Under current U.S. copyright law, registration of the copyright in a work is not necessary to create the copyright itself. To the contrary, copyright is created the moment the work is fixed in a ...

3. Registration provides significant remedies If you register your software after an infringement occurs, your potential remedies will include actual damages to the extent provable and any profits of ...

Looking for a cheaper, easier way to register your copyright? The U.S. Copyright Office is currently restructuring their copyright registration procedures towards an ...

Technically, any work that can be copyrighted is copyrighted as soon as that work is fixed in a tangible medium. However, copyright registration provides important benefits, such as the ability to ...