4-15
Ch. 4
4.2.3
4.2.3
4.2.3
Name of claimant.(cont'd)
I.
Identity of claimant.(cont'd)
g.
Assignee.(cont'd)
2.
(cont'd)
(b)
(cont'd)
(1)
If there is new matter, registration will be made in the name in the notice and the desirability of recording the assignment will be suggested.
(2)
If there is no new matter, the claim will be rejected because the work is a reprint, with a warning as to the effect of 8ubstituting an assignee's name in the notice before recordation.
(c)
If this is the first publication of the work, but an unpublished version has been registered in another name, registration will be made in the name in the notice, whether or not there is new matter. The applicant will be notified of the desirability of recording his assignment and (unless there is new matter) warned about the substitution of his name in the notice before recordation. The same practice is followed with respect to the American
edition of a work registered ad interim.3.
Where the notice names both an assignor and an assignee (e.g., "Copyright 1960 by John Doe, assigned to Doaks Publishing Co.,") an effort will be made to determine, through searching and/or correspondence, whether an earlier edition has been published or registered, and whether the present edition contains new matter. (Note: This situation can be altered by the year date used in the notice; see topic 4.2.4.)
(a)
If this is the first publication of the work, and the has been no previous unpublished
registration, registration will be made in the name of the assignee, provided he was the owner on the date of first publication.(b)
If this is not the first published edition of the work, and the earlier edition contained a notice in the assignor's name:
