Thompson v. Hubbard

Thompson v. Hubbard
L. Ed. 76
Holding
A later owner of a copyright is entitled to sue a previous owner for copyright infringement. However, the later owner's failure to observe formalities voids copyright and a nonexistent copyright cannot be infringed.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Lucius Q. C. Lamar II
Case opinion
Majority	Blatchford, joined by unanimous

Thompson v. Hubbard, 131 U.S. 123 (1889), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a later owner of a copyright is entitled to sue a previous owner for copyright infringement. However, the later owner's failure to observe formalities voids copyright and a nonexistent copyright cannot be infringed.^[1]

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