Supreme Court Mulls Circuit Split on When a Copyright is Registered in Fourth Estate v. Wall-Street.com

January 15, 2019

IPWatchdog

By Margaret A. Esquenet; Jonathan D. Uffelman

On January 8th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com [Case No. 17-571 (Jan. 8, 2019)] to settle a longstanding circuit split on the copyright registration prerequisite to a copyright infringement suit. In this article, Finnegan attorneys Margaret Esquenet and Jonathan Uffelman discuss the case.

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