HUTHWAITE, INC. v. SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

No. CIV.A.02-1478-A.

261 F.Supp.2d 502 (2003)

HUTHWAITE, INC., Plaintiff, v. SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

April 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Dolan, Melissa Masiello, Noelle J. Quinn, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC, Chicago, IL, Robert J. Sciaroni, Andrew N. Cook, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Howard J. Shire, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City, William Merone, T. Cy Walker, Ronald L. Sigworth, Kenyon & Kenyon, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

The three potentially dispositive questions presented on summary judgment in this copyright and trademark action are

(i) whether, in an action for copyright infringement, a copyright owner may satisfy the Copyright Act registration requirement, 17 U.S.C. § 411(a), by relying on an exclusive licensee's copyright registration that inaccurately identifies the licensee as the copyright "claimant...

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