Re: Copyright suit if registration rejected?

On 06/18/97, Mark E. Wiemelt <candwlaw[_at_]mcs.com> wrote:
>
> If deposit materials are unavailable because the only copy was stolen
> by a putative infrigner and the copyright office refuses registration
> due to the lack of deposit or other indentifying materials, can
> jurisidiction in federal court be obtained for purposed of suiing the
> putative infrigner?
>
> If so, must claimant wait until refusal is received from Copyright
> Office before filing suit?
>
> On a related note, must a Certificate of Registration be obtained before
> filing suit, or does the issuance of a Certificate after suit is filed
> confer jurisdiction which relates back to the filing date?

Hello Mark,

I live here in Washington, D.C. and do a bit of work with the Copyright Office. If your questions have not been answered, feel free to call. I'll help a colleague on copyrights if I can reciprocate and pose a patent query in return.

Jamie Powers
Shulman, Rogers
301-230-5231
<jamie[_at_]srgpe.com> Received on Tue Jul 01 1997 - 15:42:29 GMT