Category: copyright

A request for reconsideration to the Registration Program Office or a request for reconsideration to the Review Board is an administrative review of a refusal to register a claim in copyright by an applicant.

An assertion of ownership for the second term of copyright in a work of authorship originally published or registered under the 1909 Act; when filed with the U.S. Copyright Office, a renewal claim presents a request for registration. For works copyrighted between January 1, 1964 and December 31, 1977, renewal is automatic but registration confers… Continue reading Renewal claim

The party who submits a document to the U.S. Copyright Office for recordatio

Members of the U.S. Copyright Office’s Registration Program who are responsible for examining claims to copyright.

A public record maintained by the U.S. Copyright Office. It includes all the materials that an applicant submits to the Office in connection with an application to register a claim to copyright, including the application, deposit copy(ies), and the filing fee, as well as any communications between the applicant and the Office relating to that… Continue reading Registration materials

“‘Registration,’ for purposes of Sections 205(c)(2), 405, 406, 410(d), 411, 412, and 506(e) [of the 1976 Act] means a registration of a claim in the original or the renewed and extended term of copyright.” 17 U.S.C. § 101. The principle function performed by the U.S. Copyright Office under the provisions of Section 408 of the… Continue reading Registration

The Register of Copyrights is the Director of the U.S. Copyright Office. By statute, the Register works under the general direction of the Librarian of Congress and carries out a variety of legal and policy functions that are enumerated throughout Title 17.

Members of the U.S. Copyright Office’s Recordation Section who are responsible for recording documents.

Recordation is the official filing in the public records of the U.S. Copyright Office of a document having to do with copyright. The purpose of recordation is to make a public record of the facts in the document.

An abbreviation for the U.S. Copyright Office’s “Receipt Analysis and Control Division.”