Re: Copyright suit if registration rejected?

From: Rich Wiggins <WIGGINS[_at_]msu.edu>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 97 20:18:05 EDT

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?

A nit: the word "putative" means "commonly accepted or supposed" not "alleged" or "accused." In the case in question, is it generally accepted that the person in question is the infringer, or is that the assumption of the plaintiff?

/rich

Rich Wiggins
<wiggins[_at_]msu.edu> Received on Fri Jul 04 1997 - 00:25:33 GMT

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