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2.3.1

General Rules (cont'd)

III.

Registration. (cont 'd)

b.

Foreign periodicals. (cont'd)

2.

Foreign-language periodicals. Claim to copyright in a periodical by a foreign "author", manufactured outside the U.S.A., in a language or languages other than English, should be filed on Form A-B Foreign.

2.3.2

What are Periodicals.

I.

In general. Periodicals registrable in Class B include newspapers, magazines, reviews, bulletins, etc. issued at resular intervals of less than a year, the successive issues bearing the same title (with a distinguishing number or date tor each issue) and being similar in the general character ot their subject matter.

Examples:

(1)

A daily or weekly newspaper

(2)

A literary monthly containing in each issue an installment of a novel and a number of essays, short stories, and poems by various authors

(3)

A weekly journal of' opinion containing in each issue a number of articles, editorials, and cartoons on current political events

(4)

A weekly digest of news events

(5)

A semi-annual bulletin reporting current developments in the field of' biochemistry

(6)

A monthly publication containing informtional articles and illustrations on gardening

[1973]