Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick
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(U.S.S.C., Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law) In a class action alleging copyright infringement, a circuit court’s ruling vacating a settlement class certification order for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where 17 U.S.C. section 411(a)’s registration requirement is a precondition to filing a copyright infringement claim, but a copyright holder’s failure to comply with that requirement does not restrict a federal court’s subject matter jurisdiction over infringement claims involving unregistered works.
