Title of This Work space, the registration specialist may communicate with the applicant.
For additional guidance in completing the Certification space, see Chapter 600, Section 624.
1117.7(H) Spaces 7 & 9: Correspondent and Mailing Address for the Certificate
For guidance in completing the Correspondent space, see Chapter 600, Section 622.2. For guidance in providing the mailing address for the certificate, see Chapter 600, Section 622.4.
1117.8 Effective Date of Registration for a Group of Revisions or Updates to a Database
As discussed in Section 1117.3, all the updates or revisions in the group must be created or published within a three month period within the same calendar year. As discussed in Section 1117.7, the application may be submitted on the last day of this period or anytime thereafter.
The U.S. Copyright Office will assign an effective date of registration based on the date that the Office received the application, filing fee, and the deposit material, which are later determined by the Register of Copyrights or by a court of competent jurisdiction to be acceptable for registration. 17 U.S.C. § 410(d).
Example:
• Farmers & Mechanics Bank submitted an application to register the updates and revisions that were made to its database between January 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010. The Office received the application and the filing fee on May 1, 2010, along with a printout containing fifty records from the database. On May 2, 2010, the Office received the descriptive statement for this claim. The Office will issue a group registration with an effective date of registration of May 1,2010.
For a general discussion of effective date of registration, see Chapter 600, Section 625.
1117.9 Databases That Do Not Satisfy the Group Registration Requirements
If the applicant is unable to use this group registration option, it may be possible to register the database as it existed on a particular date. A registration for a specific version of a database does not cover any subsequent updates or revisions that may be made to the database (regardless of whether the database is published or unpublished). For information on the practices and procedures for obtaining a registration for a specific version of a single-file or multi-file database, see Chapter 700, Section 727.
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