No. 20-1359

Superama Corporation, Inc., dba USA Sumo v. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbaugh-v-y-h-corp copyright copyright-act extraterritorial-application jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar morrison-v-national-australia-bank ninth-circuit reed-elsevier-v-muchnick statutory-requirement subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
Copyright Trademark Patent
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presumption against extraterritorial application, applied in the context of the U.S. Copyright Act, creates a jurisdictional bar

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp., 546 U.S. 500 (2006), this Court held that a statutory requirement was not jurisdictional because Congress had not clearly indicated that it was. In Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick, 559 U.S. 154 (2010), this Court applied Arbaugh’s clear-statement rule, holding that copyright’s registration requirement was non-jurisdictional. In Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., 561 U.S. 247 (2010), this Court observed that, in the context of a securities law, the presumption against extraterritorial application is also non-jurisdictional. This case involves the presumption against extraterritorial application but now in the context of the U.S. Copyright Act. Here, the Ninth Circuit held that dismissal based on the presumption against extraterritorial application was a dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Thus, the question presented is: Whether the presumption against extraterritorial application, applied in the context of the U.S. Copyright Act, creates a jurisdictional bar.

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-03-26
Waiver of right of respondent Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., DOES, 1-100, inclusive to respond filed.
2021-03-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Superama Corporation, Inc. d/b/a USA Sumo
Andrew Benedict GrimmDigital Justice Foundation, Inc., Petitioner
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., DOES, 1-100, inclusive
Willmore F. Holbrow IIIBuchalter, A Professional Corporation, Respondent