A stock character, setting, or event that is common to a particular subject matter or medium. Standard expressions that necessarily…
In certain circumstances, the U.S. Copyright Office may register a claim under the Rule of Doubt if the registration specialist…
A Board consisting of the Register of Copyrights and the General Counsel of the Copyright Office (or their respective designees)…
A request for reconsideration to the Registration Program Office or a request for reconsideration to the Review Board is an…
An assertion of ownership for the second term of copyright in a work of authorship originally published or registered under…
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…
“‘Registration,’ for purposes of Sections 205(c)(2), 405, 406, 410(d), 411, 412, and 506(e) [of the 1976 Act] means a registration…