Ch. 4
4.2.5
4.2.5
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4.2.4
Year date.(cont'd)
IV.
Variance between notice and application.(cont'd)
b.
Date in notice, etc.(cont'd)
2.
Previous publications, etc.(cont'd)
(c)
If unpublished registration (or foreign publication for an English-language book registered ad interim) took place before the year immediately preceding the year in the notice, and if there is no reason to suppose that the present copies contain new copyrightable matter, the claim should be rejected for postdated notice. (See topic 4.2.4.IV.a.3.(b)).
(d)
If unpublished registration (or foreign publication for an English-language book registered ad interim) took place within the year immediately preceding the year in the notice, and if there is no reason to suppose
that the present copies contain new copyrightable matter, the claim should be entered as a doubtful case. (See topic 4.2.4.IV.a.3.(c))).(e)
If an earlier publication or registration is found, but the present copies contain sufficient new copyrightable matter to support a new copyright, a statement of the new matter should appear on the application. Both application and certificate should be annotated to reflect the date in the notice, and a warning letter should be sent.
c.
Where no year date is required. Where a year date is not required, as for classes F-K, but a variance exists between the date in the notice and that in the application, the practices outlined in items 4.2.4.IV, a and b should be followed.
d.
Two dates in notice. Where there are two or more dates in the notice and the last ones, if used alone, would not be acceptable because new matter is lacking, the Office will register despite the last date, sending a cautionary letter and annotating the application (not the certificate).
4.2.5
Dispersed notice.
I.
Standard form or notice.
a.
The three elements of the notice ("Copyright" or "Copr., It or the symbol ©, the name of the claimant,
