Legal Opinion
Nova Stylings, Inc., a California Corporation v. David L. Ladd, Register of Copyrights
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1983No. 80-5653PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Nova Stylings, Inc. (Nova) brought a mandamus action under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 to compel the Register of Copyrights to register Nova’s claims of copyright. The district court, the Honorable Terry J. Hatter presiding, dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
I. FACTS
In 1979, Nova submitted several jewelry designs for copyright registration. The Copyright Office, through its Register of Copyrights, refused to register ten of the designs because they purportedly were not “original works of authorship” as required by 17 U.S.C. § 102(a).
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