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305
Noncopyrightable material. (cont'd)
305.02
Ideas, methods, or systems. Ideas, methods, systems, or the like are not copyrightable, regardless of the form in which they may be described, explained, or embodied in a work. In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work. See 17 U.S.C. 102(b).
305.03
Measuring and computing devices. Devices and similar articles designed for computing and measuring are not copyrightable. Common examples of such devices are slide rules, wheel dials, and nomograms that contain insufficient original literary or pictorial expression.
305.04
Works consisting entirely of information that is common property. Examples of these kinds of works include standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, schedules of sporting events, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources. However, such a work may contain sufficient copyrightable material, such as instructional text, to warrant a registration, but such a registration would not extend protection to the uncopyrightable material. See 37 C.F.R. 202.1(d).
305.05
Blank forms. Blank forms, such as time cards, graph paper, account books, diaries, bank checks, scorecards, address books, report forms, order forms, and the like, which are designed for recording information, and do not in themselves convey information, are not copyrightable. See 37 C.F.R. 202.1(c). However, the Copyright
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