On January 8, 2019, the United States Supreme Court is expected
to hear arguments in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v
Wall-Street.com, a case involving the unsettled question of
whether a copyright registration has been made when the copyright
owner submits an application to the Copyright Office (the
application approach), or once the Copyright Office acts on that
application (the registration approach).
If the Court decides that copyright owners must await action on
their application before filing an infringement suit, it could
prove much more expensive for creators.
Robert deBrauwere, a partner in Pryor
Cashman's Intellectual Property Group, spoke to numerous media
outlets about the case.
