High Court:  Unintentional Wrong Information Doesn’t Void Copyright Registration

Mealey's (February 24, 2022, 1:39 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The safe harbor provision of Section 411(b)(1) of the Copyright Act, which maintains the validity of a copyright registration despite the inclusion of inaccurate information in the application applies to mistakes of law as well as mistakes of fact, a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled on Feb. 24, reversing and remanding a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that invalidated a copyright based on an applicant incorrectly filing a single registration for 31 separate works....