Mike Hobbs, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, was quoted in the May 9, 2024 Law360 article, “High Court Leaves Discovery Rule Question for Another Day.”

“I think, effectively, a copyright infringement claim can be brought almost at any time, and the damages and the incentive of damages is going to increase the number of those claims,” said Michael Hobbs Jr., a partner at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.

Hobbs said the decision will make it harder to litigate cases with facts that are decades old and will leave the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations hanging by a thread.

“I think, effectively, if it’s not gone, it’s on life support,” Hobbs said.

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