1300-31
1318
Joint renewal claimants. (cont'd)
1318.05
Adverse claims: conflicts concerning proprietors, authors, and authors's successors. (cont'd)
3)
(cont'd)
in whose name registration has already been made. If so, registration will be made if the applicant reasserts the claim. If not, a new application should be submitted confining the claim to the material written by employees for hire.
4)
Where the original claim named an employer in a work made for hire as the author, and a renewal application names an individual author, the Copyright Office will write to the renewal applicant requesting information concerning the circumstances under which the work was written.If the applicant asserts that the work was not made for hire, the renewal claim will be registered on behalf of the author or the author's statutory heirs.
1319
Unacceptable renewal claims. The following general principles and practices govern the acceptability of renewal claims.
1319.01
Personal right. The right to claim renewal copyright is a personal right.
1319.02
Deceased person. A renewal claim cannot be registered in the name of a deceased person. The Copyright Office does not search to determine whether or not the renewal claimant is alive. If, however, the Copyright Office has information that the claimant died before the receipt in the Copyright Office of the renewal application, the Office will refuse to register the claim as submitted.
[1984]
