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, Third Edition 621.9(F)(4)&emsp;Claim in De Minimis Authorship: Registration Refused

If the determines that the author’s contribution is, and if there appears to be no other basis for asserting a valid  in the work, the specialist will refuse registration.

621.9(G)&emsp;Discrepancies Involving the Copyright Notice

621.9(G)(1)&emsp;Published Works

The presence of multiple year dates in the for a  work (e.g., © Mountain View Software 2004, 2005, 2006) may indicate that portions of the work have been previously published or previously registered. Likewise, a copyright notice that precedes the date of for a published work by two or more years (e.g., Rise and Shine, published January 2008, © Sunny Day Inc. 2005) may indicate that the work contains previously published or previously registered material. In this situation, the may question an application if the  fails to complete the Limitation of Claim screen in an online application or spaces 5, 6(a), and/or 6(b) in a paper application.

621.9(G)(2)&emsp;Unpublished Works

The presence of an earlier date or multiple dates in the for an  work does not necessarily mean that the work contains unclaimable material. However, if the date clearly refers to previously material or previously registered material, the  will communicate with the  if the applicant failed to complete the Limitation of Claim screen or spaces 5, 6(a), and/or 6(b) of the paper application.

621.9(H)&emsp;Discrepancies Involving the Registration Number or Year of Registration in a Paper Application

If the checks the “yes” box on space 5 of a paper application without providing a registration number and/or year of registration, the  may either communicate with the applicant, or may attempt to locate the previous registration information in the U.S. Copyright Office’s records. In conducting such a search, the specialist will only look for works that have been registered under the exact same title as the work described in the application.

If there is no record of a previous registration under the same title, the specialist may complete the registration and add an to the registration record, such as: “Regarding previous registration: Copyright Office records show no previous registration under this title.”

If the work described in the application has been, and if the specialist finds another work registered under the exact same title, he or she may add the previous registration number and year to the registration record. If the previous registration is for an version of the work described in the application, the specialist may explain that the Office is issuing a new registration for the first published edition of this work by giving an annotation, such as: “Regarding previous registration: registration Chapter 600 : 222