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1318
Joint renewal claimants. (cont'd)
1318.01
Several claimants, same application. When a number of different persons are entitled to claim renewal in the same work, the Copyright Office will accept their claims on a single application or on separate applications. It is not necessary that all possible claimants join in applying for registration in order to secure a renewal. If an application for a work is received after its renewal period has expired, and a renewal claim has already been registered in the name of another claimant, the Copyright Office will correspond and point out that it is too late for the registration of this renewal claim, but that registration has been made in the name of another claimant.
1318.02
Later application, same work. Once a renewal registration has been made, the Copyright Office will generally not accept a duplicate
application for renewal registration on behalf of the same renewal claimant.1318.03
Adverse claims. When an application is received that conflicts with a renewal claim which has already been registered, the Copyright Office will inform the second applicant of the conflicting statements contained in the registered renewal claim, and will request an explanation.
The later claim will be registered without further question, if the applicant reasserts it and the claim is not patently invalid. See also Chapter 100: BASIC POLICIES, section 108.06, concerning adverse claims.1318.04
Adverse claims: conflicts concerning the author and the author's successors.
1)
When an earlier claim was registered in the name of an author's next of kin, and a new application is submitted in the name of the executor, the Copyright Office will request information concerning the existence of a will.
[1984]
