Earlier this month, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision invalidating a copyright registration, in spite of its agreement with the lower court’s factual finding that ...

Copyrights arise automatically when an original work is created. Copyrights protect “original works of authorship,” which include paintings, illustrations ...

“Once resolved, copyright owners will know what is required before being able to sue…” On Thursday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that should resolve the long-standing question ...

3. Registration provides significant remedies If you register your software after an infringement occurs, your potential remedies will include actual damages to the extent provable and any profits of ...

Technically, any work that can be copyrighted is copyrighted as soon as that work is fixed in a tangible medium. However, copyright registration provides important benefits, such as the ability to ...

Looking for a cheaper, easier way to register your copyright? The U.S. Copyright Office is currently restructuring their copyright registration procedures towards an ...

Copyrights, trademarks and registrations are legal ways to protect original ideas from being stolen and used as the property of someone else. Although each one has a ...

As questions swirl about how artificial intelligence will impact the music business, the Copyright Office is trying to clarify how it will be treated under the law ...