Inmate Loses Ruling Over Graphic Design Work

WASHINGTON (CN) – The **U.S. **Court of Federal Claims said it lacks jurisdiction to consider a Colorado inmate’s copyright infringement claim accusing the government of stealing calendar images he created while working at a prison graphic design job.     The court has jurisdiction over copyright infringement cases where a plaintiff either holds copyright registration or has been denied registration. But plaintiff Robert Walton filed for registration after filing his lawsuit.     Walton had been instructed to design a 2001 calendar of graphics “relating to the federal government’s role in society,” the ruling states.