United States Sixth Circuit
MURRAY HILL PUBL'NS, INC. v. ABC COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 99-2268
A copyright owner must formally register a derivative work with the United States Copyright Office as a prerequisite to filing a suit for infringement of that derivative work even if he has registered the original work.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/01/2000
- Decided 08/30/2001
- Published 08/30/2001
Judges
- Before WELLFORD, SILER, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Mayer Morganroth (argued and briefed), Jeffrey B. Morganroth (briefed), Morganroth & Morganroth, Southfield, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Herschel P. Fink (argued and briefed), Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.