On November 8, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear the Unicolors v. H&M case. The issue being considered is “whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in breaking with its own prior precedent and the findings of other circuits and the U.S. Copyright Office in holding that 17 U.S.C. § 411 requires referral to the Copyright Office where there is no indicia of fraud or material error as to the work at issue in the subject copyright registration. Additional information is available here and here.