| Litigants: | Thompson v. Hubbard |
| Submitdate: | April 17 |
| Submityear: | 1889 |
| Decidedate: | May 13 |
| Decideyear: | 1889 |
| Fullname: | Thompson v. Hubbard |
| Usvol: | 131 |
| Uspage: | 123 |
| Parallelcitations: | 9 S. Ct. 710; 33 L. Ed. 76 |
| Holding: | A later owner of a copyright is entitled to sue a previous owner for copyright infringement. However, the later owner's failure to observe formalities voids copyright and a nonexistent copyright cannot be infringed. |
| Majority: | Blatchford |
| Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Thompson v. Hubbard, 131 U.S. 123 (1889), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a later owner of a copyright is entitled to sue a previous owner for copyright infringement. However, the later owner's failure to observe formalities voids copyright and a nonexistent copyright cannot be infringed.