IP at the Supreme Court Series: Unicolors Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP 

Date: November 8, 2021 | 5:00pm EDT
Registration Required

Moderated by Professor Michael Carroll

American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court. 

ISSUE

Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in breaking with its own prior precedent and the findings of other circuits and the Copyright Office in holding that 17 U.S.C. § 411 requires referral to the Copyright Office where there is no indicia of fraud or material error as to the work at issue in the subject copyright registration.

PANELISTS

Radha A. Pathak
Partner, Stris & Maher, LLP
Counsel for Respondent

Scott Alan Burroughs
Partner, Doniger/Burroughs
Counsel for Petitioner

Nancy Mertzel '88
Founder Mertzel Law PLLC
Counsel, American Intellectual Property Law Association

Carolyn Forstein
Associate, Robbins, Russel, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner LLP
Counsel, Professors of Copyright Law, in Support of Respondent

Professor Tyler T. Ochoa
Santa Clara University
Counsel, Intellectual Property Law Professors, in Support of Petitioner

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Link to Oral Argument Transcript

Link to Event Recording

UPDATE:

Decision:
Argument: