Universal Studios LLLP v. Peters

MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

COLLYER, District Judge.

This case asks whether Marybeth Peters, United States Register of Copyrights, properly refused to accept a claim for statutory royalties filed by Universal City Studios .LLLP and Universal City Studios Productions LLLP (collectively “Universal”) because the claim arrived in Washington, D.C. on August 3, 2001, and Universal has no date stamp from the U.S. Postal Service to show that it had been mailed by July 31, 2001. Finding that Ms. Peters acted properly, the Court will grant her motion for summary judgment 2 and deny Universal’s cross-motion for…