California Federal Judge Stands By Refusal To Query Copyright Office

Mealey's (August 11, 2021, 12:04 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A motion for reconsideration of a 2017 order denying a request by several infringement defendants for a referral to the Register of Copyrights to determine copyright validity was itself denied Aug. 9 by a federal judge in California, who instead found for a second time that the applications at issue were not inaccurate....