Title 17 — Copyrights
Chapter 15 — Copyright Small Claims
§ 1501. Definitions
Statutory text
In this chapter—
the term “claimant” means the real party in interest that commences a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board under section 1506(e), pursuant to a permissible claim of infringement brought under section 1504(c)(1), noninfringement brought under section 1504(c)(2), or misrepresentation brought under section 1504(c)(3);
the term “counterclaimant” means a respondent in a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board that—
asserts a permissible counterclaim under section 1504(c)(4) against the claimant in the proceeding; and
is the real party in interest with respect to the counterclaim described in subparagraph (A);
the term “party”—
means a party; and
includes the attorney of a party, as applicable; and
the term “respondent” means any person against whom a proceeding is brought before the Copyright Claims Board under section 1506(e), pursuant to a permissible claim of infringement brought under section 1504(c)(1), noninfringement brought under section 1504(c)(2), or misrepresentation brought under section 1504(c)(3).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2021
Pub. L. 116–260 div. Q title II § 212(b) · 134 Stat. 1182
Enacted · 17 U.S.C. § 1501
(Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2177.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2177.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by this title under the headings “Research, Evaluation and Statistics”, “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, and “Juvenile Justice Programs”— (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be used by such Office to provide training and technical assistance; and (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or statistical programs administered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant or reimbursement programs.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Severability
Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(f), , 134 Stat. 2200, provided that: “If any provision of this section [see Short Title of 2020 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title], an amendment made by this section, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section and the amendments made by this section, and the application of the provision or the amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected.”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(b), , 134 Stat. 2177.)