Fifth Circuit Cites Prof. Cotter’s Article on Statutory Damages in Copyright

In a January 15, 2020 opinion, Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cited Professor Thomas Cotter’s article (co-authored with Roger Blair), An Economic Analysis of Damages Rules in Intellectual Property Law, 39 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1585, 1653–72 (1998), in a footnote directing the reader to “further discussion and scholarly criticism of the statutory damages provisions of the 1976” Copyright Act.