9th Circ found Unicolors copyright application knowingly inaccurate
Supreme Court to decide if fraud required to invalidate registration
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear an appeal of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealsâ decision that allowed H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP to escape a ruling that it infringed Unicolors Incâs copyright based on inaccuracies in the fabric companyâs copyright application.
The high court will weigh in on whether the 9th Circuit correctly determined that evidence of fraud isn t required before invalidating a copyright registration based on inaccurate information in an application, a decision that Unicolors says created a circuit split and countered Congressional intent.
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