A A v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “in this context, 21 the word ‘knowledge’ means actual, subjective awareness of both the facts and the law”
• holding that \it would make no sense if §411(b) left copyright registrations exposed to invalidation based on applicants’ good-faith misunderstandings of the details of copyright law.\
• holding that \it would make no sense if §411(b) left copyright registrations exposed to invalidation based on applicants’ good-faith misunderstandings of the details of copyright law.\
• explaining that a valid copyright registration is “a prerequisite for bringing a civil action for infringement of the copyrighted work” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• acknowledging the Court was not deciding 16 whether invalidation of a copyright registration under § 411(b) required a showing of fraudulent 17 intent
• declining to squarely address the question presented: “whether a registration may be invalidated under § 411(b) even though there is no indicia of fraud”

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