Ch. 4
4.2.4
4.2.4
4-30
4.2.4
Year date.(cont'd)
IV.
Variance between notice and appllcation.(cont'd)
a.
Date in notice, etc.(cont'd)
3.
Previous publication, etc.(cont'd)
(b)
(cont'd)
(1)
the present copies contain copyrightable
new matter and the date of publication falls within the year immediately preceding the year in the notice; or(2)
the present copies contain new copyrightable matter and the year date of publication given on the application is wrong.
(c)
If unpublished registration (or foreign publication for an English-language book registered adinterim) took place within the year immediately preceding the year in the notice — and it there is no reason to suppose that the present copies contain new copyrightable matter and the year date of publication given on the application is wrong — the claim should be entered as a doubtful case. (See topic 4.2.4.IV.a.2, above.) In such cases the application (not the certificate) should be annotated to reflect both the year in the notice and the date of the earlier registration; for examp1e:
(1)
"Year date in notices 1958 Registered Eu 123456, Oct. 27, 1957" or
(2)
"Year date in noticeJ 1958 Ad interim registration AIO 9876, following publication May 2, 1957."
(d)
If search or correspondenoe indicates that the present version contains new copyrightable matter justifying use of the later date in the notice, and that the earlier date at publication given in the application was incorrect, a new application should be requested.
