1600-16
1616.03
Contents of Notice. (cont'd)
effective date of termination.
1616.04
Copyright Office Policy. The Copyright Office will not examine the legal sufficiency or interpret the substantive contents of a purported termination. A notice of termination will be verified to determine whether certain requirements for recordation as a termination have been met.
1616.05
Notice Must Be Complete. A notice of termination must contain a complete and unambiguous statement of facts without incorporation by reference of information in other documents or records. See 37 C.F.R. 201.10(b).
1616.06
Exact Duplicate of the Notice of Termination. copy submitted for recordation should be a complete and exact duplicate of the notice of termination as served.
1616.07
Signature. A notice of termination should contain the actual signature or a reproduction of the actual signature of the person or persons identified in the document as being entitled to exercise the right of termination, or of a duly authorized agent of such person or persons. See 37 C.F.R. 201.10(c)(1) for other signature requirements.
1616.07(a)
Termination of grant executed by duly authorized agent. Where a signature is that of a duly authorized agent, it shall clearly identify the person or persons on whose behalf the agent is acting. 37 C.F.R. 201.10(c)(3).
1616.07(b)
Additional requirements. The handwritten signature of each person effecting the termination shall either be accompanied by a statement of the full name and address of that person, typewritten or printed legibly by hand, or shall clearly correspond to such a statement elsewhere in the notice. 37 C.F.R. 201.10(c)(4).
1616.07(c)
Persons not entitled to terminate. Where the Copyright Office is aware that the signature appearing on the document is different from the person named as the one terminating a right, the Office will notify the sender that it cannot record the document as a termination of transfer unless the signature is that of a duly authorized agent.
[1998]
