Re: 5-by-6 Block Format on Quilt is Copyrightable

>>> vrkoven[_at_]world.std.com 12/13/01 04:51AM >>> wrote:
What is perhaps even more unfortunate is the court's deference to the fact of registration as proving anything, implicitly equating the examination processes for copyright, patent and trademark. <<<<<

Granted; but it's not really the court's fault. There is a statutory presumption of validity in 17 U.S.C. §410(c). It is one of the incentives a copyright owner receives for making a timely registration.

Tyler T. Ochoa
Associate Professor
Whittier Law School Received on Fri Dec 14 2001 - 21:28:29 GMT