1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 or the CASE Act of 2019 . 2. Copyright small claims (a) In general Title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 15 Copyright Small Claims 1501. Definitions. 1502. Copyright Claims Board. 1503. Authority and duties of the Copyright Claims Board. 1504. Nature of proceedings. 1505. Registration requirement. 1506. Conduct of proceedings. 1507. Effect of proceeding. 1508. Review and confirmation by district court. 1509. Relationship to other district court actions. 1510. Implementation by Copyright Office. 1511. Funding. 1501. Definitions In this chapter— (1) the term party — (A) means a party; and (B) includes the attorney of a party, as applicable; (2) the term claimant means the real party in interest that commences a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board under section 1506(e), pursuant to a permissible claim of infringement brought under section 1504(c)(1), noninfringement brought under section 1504(c)(2), or misrepresentation brought under section 1504(c)(3); (3) the term counterclaimant means a respondent in a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board that— (A) asserts a permissible counterclaim under section 1504(c)(4) against the claimant in the proceeding; and (B) is the real party in interest with respect to the counterclaim described in subparagraph (A)