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United States Code Title 17 — Copyrights

§ 1501. Definitions

§ 1501.

Definitions

In this chapter—

(1)

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);

(2)

the term “counterclaimant” means a respondent in a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board that—

(A)

asserts a permissible counterclaim under section 1504(c)(4) against the claimant in the proceeding; and

(B)

is the real party in interest with respect to the counterclaim described in subparagraph (A);

(3)

the term “party”—

(A)

means a party; and

(B)

includes the attorney of a party, as applicable; and

(4)

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).