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1: U.S. Supreme Court Questions H&M’s Bid to Sew Up Copyright Win
First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Unicolors v. H&M case, which asks questions about whether a mistake in filing a copyright registration should cause a copyright infringement case to be dismissed.
The case deals with Unicolors, a fabric maker, which sued H&M over allegations that a jacket the company made infringed one of their patterns. The jury at the district court sided with Unicolors, but the Ninth Circuit overturned that decision, noting a technical error in the copyright registration Unicolors filed.
Both sides were grilled by justices during the hearing with the court asking Unicolors why they were claiming this was a case about smaller rights holders when some identify them as a “troll”. H&M was also grilled asking if it was fair that someone should lose the ability to enforce their copyright due to honest confusion about complex legal requirements.
2: Dutch ISPs Strike Piracy Blow
Next up today, Chris Dziadul at BroadbandTV News reports that Dutch ISPS have reached a deal with rightsholders and anti-piracy organizations to begin blocking websites that feature pirated content.
The move comes after the Federation of Copyright Interests and the anti-piracy group BREIN secured a court ruling that ordered ISPs to block infringing content when possible As such, the two sides set about creating a system for implementing the process.
The new system will be supervised by the Ministries of Justice and Security and of Economic Affairs and Climate. All the parties stated that they hope this will be a major blow against widespread piracy in the country.
3: Amazon, Publishers and Authors Move for Default Judgment in Copyright Case
Finally today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street Media writes that Amazon, Penguin Books and a group of authors are asking a Seattle court to hand down a motion of summary judgment against Kiss Library and two individuals accused of operating it.
According to the lawsuit, Kiss Library is a pirate site that is responsible for the widespread distribution of copyright protected books. They filed the lawsuit against the site and its alleged operators, but they have taken ever-increasing steps to avoid the litigation.
The clerk previously entered an order of default against the defendants in September and now the plaintiffs are hoping to turn that into a ruling for damages and an injunction against the site itself.
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