Panel: Trial Court Must Query Copyright Office Over Alleged Inaccuracies

Mealey's (June 2, 2020, 2:03 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a May 29 decision, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a California federal judge’s final judgment of willful infringement following a jury trial in a copyright case on grounds that the district court was required to submit a defendant’s allegation that the copyright registration in question contained inaccurate information to the Register of Copyrights (Unicolors Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz L.P., Nos. 18-56253, 56548, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 17097)....