1300-13
1311
Works first published abroad in English. (cont'd)
1311.03
Separate applications. Where separate applications are submitted, each application must be filed within the 28th calendar year of the term of copyright in the particular edition it covers.The Copyright Office will annotate each application to refer to the other edition.
1311.03(a)
Late application. If the renewal application is received more than 28 years from the end of the year of first publication abroad, registration will be refused because the application was received too late. The applicant may submit a new application covering the U.S. edition alone, if that edition contained new matter, and if the application was submitted during the renewal period applicable to the new matter.
1311.04
Installments. When a work was first published abroad in serial installments and several separate ad interim registrations were made, separate renewal registrations may be made, even though the first U.S. edition was published in a single volume. If the applicant prefers, a single group registration can be made for installments first published as contributions to a periodical, provided the criteria set forth in section 1310.05 have been met.
1311.05
Foreign edition never registered. If the foreign edition of a work was never registered ad interim, but the later U.S. edition was registered, the Copyright Office will accept a renewal application covering the U.S. edition. In the case of an application received during the 28th year measured from the end of the year of foreign publication, a cautionary letter will be sent stating that the registration is of doubtful validity. In the case of an application received more than 28 years from the end of the year of foreign publication, the cautionary letter will explain that renewal registration covers only the new matter, if any, in the U.S. edition. A new matter statement will not be required on the renewal application, unless a new matter statement appeared on the original application.
[1984]
