United States: Honest Application Mistakes Do Not Invalidate Copyright Registration

The Supreme Court holds that the Copyright Act’s safe harbor provision preserves the validity of a copyright registration notwithstanding an inaccuracy in the underlying application based on a good-faith mistake—regardless of whether the mistake is one of fact or law.

On February 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held that inaccurate information included in a copyright application stemming from an honest mistake (whether of fact or law) does not, as a matter of law, render the resulting registration invalid. Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. , Case No. 20-915. The Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s decision to […]

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