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Not Past the Post Yet

BYU Copyright Blog

Post University claimed that Course Hero committed, among other things, multiple instances of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of the DMCA, and unfair competition by posting and creating derivative works of educational materials owned by Post University without Post University's permission.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Before the 1909 Act, the author was required to register the title of the work before publication, as a condition of receiving copyright protection. Under the 1909 Act, an author received a federal statutory copyright merely by publishing the work with proper copyright notice.