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1606
Practices for processing documents. (cont'd)
1606.07
Signature of individual. (cont'd)
4)
A person's mark is acceptable if accompanied by another person's signature attesting to its authenticity.
5)
The signature need not be legible or include the full name of the signer if the name is sufficiently identified elsewhere in the document; but initials or a monogram will generally not be regarded as a signature.
1607
Identification of parties. In general, any document purporting to transfer a copyright or rights under a copyright should clearly identify the transferee as well as the transferor.
1607.01
Failure to identify necessary parties. Documents which do not identify the necessary parties will be questioned, but recordation will not be refused if, following correspondence, the sender continues to request recordation.
Examples:
1)
"I, John Doe, do hereby assign all rights, including copyright, in the work entitled HOW TO BURN TOAST." (Transferee not named).
2)
"...copyright for the work `How to Excel in the Practice of Law,' is hereby assigned to Richard Roe, as Executor of the author...." (The author not identified by name.)
1607.02
Indexing. When a document which does not identify the necessary parties is recorded, it will be indexed only under the names it contains; no indexing will be done under other names furnished in correspondence or elsewhere. See section 1608.03 below.
1607.03
One-party documents. A document which necessarily involves only one party (e.g., an affidavit) will be indexed under the single name involved.
1608
Constructive Notice. Recordation of a document gives all persons constructive notice of the facts stated in the recorded document, if the work has been registered and the material to which the document pertains is identified. See 17 U.S.C. 205(c).
[1998]
