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March 2024

Supreme Court, Second Circuit Consider Copyright Infringement Statute of Limitation Implications

By Gillian Vernick
Neither case squarely presented the question of when a copyright claim ‘accrues,’ understood by many federal circuits as when the copyright owner first “discovers” the allegedly infringing use. However, the challenges that both cases raise about the discovery rule’s application may hint at its potential impermanence.