DARDEN v. PETERS

No. 06-1177.

488 F.3d 277 (2007)

William DARDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marybeth PETERS, Register of Copyrights, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anthony J. Biller, Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C., Cary, North Carolina, for Appellant. John J. Fargo, Director, Intellectual Property Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: David E. Bennett, Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C., Cary, North Carolina, for Appellant. David Carson, General, Tanya Sandros, Associate General, A. Renee Coe, Senior Attorney, United States Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before WIDENER, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge DUNCAN joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge.

William Darden filed this action under the Administrative Procedure Act against Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, seeking to set aside a decision of the United States Copyright Office denying Darden's applications for copyright registration. See 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A); 17 U.S.C. § 701...

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