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Ch. 5
5.3.1
5.3.1
5.3.1
Best Edition.(cont'd)
IV.
Where copies are not of published edition.
a.
When the character of the copies received or other information suggests that they are not copies of a published edition, the Office may question whether the work has been published in a better edition, or has been published at all.
Examples:
(1)
Proof copies or unbound copies of a printed book.
(2)
Printed pages with handwritten inserts.
(3)
A map consisting of parts pasted together.
(4)
Photographs of a print (with Class K application).
(5)
Photostats of a commercial label.
b.
But if the applicant states that the work was published in the questioned form, the copies in that form will generally be accepted, unless we are informed of a better edition.
c.
Publication of the work ordinarily will not be questioned simply because the copies are type written or handmade, unless there are other circumstances indicating that the work has not been published.
d.
Copies of a book consisting of page proof, if the applicant states that the work was published in that form, are acceptable even though the material is intended for later republication in periodicals as a number of separate items or as a serial.
