Why is the copyright infringement case between Unicolors and H&M significant for copyright law?

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a copyright infringement case that involves H&M allegedly infringing upon a Unicolors’s copyright registration. The issue at hand is significant for copyright law because:

• It could affirm or reverse a Ninth Circuit holding that there no longer needs to be intent to defraud the Copyright Office for a registration to be invalid; and

• It examines the process of combined filings and referral back to the Copyright Office when there has been no indicia of fraud or material error.

Read about how the Supreme Court will rule on copyright invalidation requirements.