US-CA9 · jury_instructions
9th Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Civil) 17.12
Copyright Interests—Assignee
(17 U.S.C. § 201(d)(1))
[In this case, the [[plaintiff] [defendant]] [name] does not claim to be the [author] [creator] [initial owner] of the copyright at issue. Instead, the [[plaintiff] [defendant]] [name] claims that it received the copyright by virtue of assignment from the work’s [author] [creator] [initial owner] so that the [[plaintiff] [defendant]] [name] is now the assignee of the copyright.]
A copyright owner may [transfer] [sell] [convey] to another person all or part of the owner’s property interest in the copyright; that is, the right to exclude others from copying the work. The person to whom the copyright is [transferred] [sold] [conveyed] becomes the owner of the copyright in the work.
To be valid, the [transfer] [sale] [conveyance] must be in a writing signed by the transferor. The person to whom this right is transferred is called an assignee. [The assignee may enforce this right to exclude others in an action for copyright infringement.]
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