United States First Circuit

In a copyright infringement action arising out of the distribution of a song written by the plaintiff, judgment as a matter of law for defendants is affirmed where the court lacked jurisdiction over the complaint since plaintiff failed to submit a complete application for registration of his copyright, and a complete application is a jurisdictional prerequisite to filing suit in federal court for copyright infringement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/02/2007
• Published 10/03/2007

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and STAFFORD, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Carlos G. Dalmau-Ramírez, with whom Carlos Dalmau Law Offices, Tamara Sosa Pascual, and Pascual Moran & Associates were on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee., James B. Sheinbaum, with whom Borstein & Sheinbaum was on brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.