‘Shades Of Grey’ Copyright Claim Properly Dismissed, Panel Says

Mealey's (August 23, 2019, 12:03 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 21 affirmed dismissal of an unpleaded copyright infringement claim against the publisher of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy, based upon a plaintiff’s failure to obtain a copyright registration (Eva A. Webb Wright v. Penguin Random House, No. 18-6323, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 24896)....