United States Ninth Circuit

In a copyright infringement action, the dismissal of the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where: 1) although 17 U.S.C. section 411(a)'s registration requirement was a precondition to filing a claim, it did not restrict a federal court's subject-matter jurisdiction; and 2) receipt by the Copyright Office of a complete application satisfies the registration requirement of section 411(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/06/2009
• Decided 05/25/2010
• Published 05/25/2010

Judges

• Before ANDREWJ. KLEINFELD and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and DAVID G. TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Evan S. Cohen and S. Martin Keleti, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Cosmetic Ideas, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward T. Colbert, William H. Merone, and Erik C. Kane, Washington, DC, and Vicki E. Land, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees HSN LP, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Home Shopping Network, Inc. and HSN General Partner LLC.