Legal Opinion
La Resolana Architects, PA v. Clay Realtors Angel Fire
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2005No. 04-2127PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
The Copyright Act of 1976 requires authors to register their works with the federal Copyright Office in order to be entitled to the Act’s protections against copyright infringement. Two conflicting interpretations of the Act’s registration requirement have been upheld by circuit courts: 1) registration occurs when the copyright owner submits an application for registration to the copyright office, or, conversely 2) registration occurs when the copyright office actually approves or rejects the application. We hold that the second interpretation is correct. The…
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