§1501 — Title 17 Copyrights | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines who counts as key people in cases before the Copyright Claims Board. A claimant is the actual person who starts a case before the Board and brings one of the allowed claims: copyright infringement, a claim of noninfringement, or a misrepresentation claim. A counterclaimant is a respondent who files an allowed counterclaim against the claimant and is the real person behind that counterclaim. A party means anyone involved in the case and can include that person’s attorney. A respondent is the person the case is brought against under one of those allowed claims.

Title 17, §1501

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In this chapter—

(1)the term “claimant” means the real party in interest that commences a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board under section 1506(e), pursuant to a permissible claim of infringement brought under section 1504(c)(1), noninfringement brought under section 1504(c)(2), or misrepresentation brought under section 1504(c)(3);

(2)the term “counterclaimant” means a respondent in a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board that—

(A)asserts a permissible counterclaim under section 1504(c)(4) against the claimant in the proceeding; and

(B)is the real party in interest with respect to the counterclaim described in subparagraph (A);

(3)the term “party”—

(A)means a party; and

(B)includes the attorney of a party, as applicable; and

(4)the term “respondent” means any person against whom a proceeding is brought before the Copyright Claims Board under section 1506(e), pursuant to a permissible claim of infringement brought under section 1504(c)(1), noninfringement brought under section 1504(c)(2), or misrepresentation brought under section 1504(c)(3).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Severability

Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(f), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2200, provided that: “If any provision of this section [see

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of 2020 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title], an amendment made by this section, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section and the

Amendments

made by this section, and the application of the provision or the amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected.”

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