Trump Denied Rehearing in Copyright Chief Reinstatement Case

The D.C. Circuit rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to have the full appellate court review a panel’s decision temporarily restoring Shira Perlmutter to her position leading the US Copyright Office.

In an unsigned order Wednesday, the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied Trump’s Sept. 17 motion. A three-judge panel granted a temporary injunction reinstating Perlmutter during her appeal from a district court on Sept. 10.

Trump had argued the panel erroneously treated the Register of Copyrights as a legislative officer even though it “plainly exercises executive powers,” including adjudicating copyright applications, issuing regulations, and overseeing royalty ...