Updates and Analysis from Taft Technology Attorneys
The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in Georgia et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., case number 18-1150, to address whether state statutory codes, including annotations, are protectable by copyright.
In October 2018, the 11th Circuit held that the annotations, while not having the force of law, were sufficiently law-like to be regarded…
On March 26, 2019, the European Union voted in favor of making sweeping changes to its copyright law and passed the Copyright Directive (the “Directive”). While the existing laws have not always kept up with the Internet’s use and capabilities and a reassessment of the effectiveness of old regulations to protect intellectual property rights is…
On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Ninth Circuit’s expanded view of “full costs” in copyright cases was improper, going beyond the “costs” typically available to litigants in federal court. Rimini Street, Inc. et al., v. Oracle USA, Inc., et al., No. 17-1625, slip op. (U.S. Mar. 4, 2019.) This
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On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a long-standing split among the circuits, making it impossible to sue for copyright infringement if the copyright is not registered. The Supreme Court held that a copyright claimant may not commence an infringement suit until “registration has been made,” and clarified that “registration has been made”
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