Ch. 6
6.2.2
6.2.2
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6.2.2
Manufacture in U. S.(cont'd)
I.
Processes to be performed in U. S.(cont'd)
b.
Lithographic or photoengraving process.
1.
If the text of a book subject to the manufacturing clause is printed by any lithographic or photoengraving process, then such process must be performed entirely in the United States. (Note: The process commonly known as "offset" or "photo-offset" printing is a lithographic process.)
2.
Where a book subject to the manufacturing clause was first printed from type abroad, and the pages printed abroad are reproduced in the United States by "offset" or other lithographic process, such reproduction may be considered, under the rule of doubt, as complying with the requirement that the lithographic process be performed in the
U. S. the book so reproduced in the United States may be registered in Class A, with a warning letter.c.
Binding. If a book subject to the manufacturing clause is bound, the binding must be done in the United States.
II.
Partial manufacture in U. S.
a.
Where the text of a book subject to the manufacturing clause is an indivisible un:lt, the entire text must be manufactured in the United States. Where only a portion of the text has been manufactured in the United States, neither the book as a whole nor the portion so manufactured may be registered in Class A.
Examples:
(1)
A 300-page novel in English of which 200 pages are printed in the United States and 100 pages are printed abroad.
(2)
An English-French and French-English dictionary by a United States author, printed partly in the United States and partly abroad.
