Troll Company v. Uneeda Doll Company, Docket No. 05-6487-Cv

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• explaining that, in a continuous series of infringing acts, the infringement commences on the first act
• finding \nine or ten years\ of cessation a \non-trivial period of time\ such that \a post-registration act of infringement ... [could] be deemed [not] to have commenced before registration\
• addressing the issue of whether a party should be conferred “reliance party” status under 17 U.S.C. § 104A(h)(4)(A) and looking to the text, legislative history, and purpose of 17 U.S.C. § 412 for support
• “[I]t is an elemental principle of statutory construction that an ambiguous statute must be construed to avoid absurd results.”
• “[I]t is an elemental principle of statutory construction that an ambiguous statute must be construed to avoid absurd results.”
• “Under 17 U.S.C. § 412, a plaintiff may not recover statutory damages or attorney’s fees for any infringement ‘commenced’ before the effective date of a copyright’s registration.”

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