COVID-19 Relief Bill Introduces Copyright Small Claims Court

On December 27, 2020, the bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill, the Consolidated Act, 2021, was signed into law. This bipartisan bill incorporated numerous provisions unrelated to COVID-19 relief, including the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (“CASE Act”), versions of which had been before Congress since 2016. The CASE Act has the stated goal of creating a more efficient way for copyright owners to enforce small claims by establishing the Copyright Claims Board as an...
By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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