http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free legal forms and free legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/where-can-i-get-application-forms.html You may get forms from the U.S. Copyright Office in person, by mailing in a request, by calling our 24­hours­per­day forms hotline: (202) 707­9100, or from the Copyright web site at http://www.uspto.gov. Some public libraries may carry our forms but the U.S. Copyright Offices does not maintain a list of those libraries. Forms may also be downloaded from this website. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/when-will-i-get-my-certificate.html The time the Copyright Office requires to process an application varies; depending on the amount of material the Office is receiving. You may generally expect a certificate of registration within approximately 8 months of submission. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/how-can-i-obtain-copies-of-someone-elses-work.html The Copyright Office will not honor a request for a copy of someone else`s work without written authorization from the owner or from his or her designated agent if that work is still under copyright protection, unless the work is involved in litigation. Written permission from the copyright owner or a litigation statement is required before copies can be made available. A certificate of registration for any registered work can be obtained for a fee of $25. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/i-lost-my-certificate-can-i-get-a-new-one.html Yes, the U.S. Copyright Office can produce additional certificates for a fee of $25. Contact the Certifications and Documents Section of the Copyright Office (202) 707­6787. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/is-the-u-s-copyright-office-the-only-place-th.html Although copyright application forms may be available in public libraries and some reference books, the U.S. Copyright Office is the only office that can accept applications and issue registrations. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/how-long-does-the-registration-process-take.html The time the Copyright Office requires to process an application varies; depending on the amount of material the Office is receiving. You may generally expect a certificate of registration within approximately 8 months of submission. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/how-can-i-know-if-you-received-my-application.html If you want to know when the Copyright Office receives your material, you should send it by registered or certified mail and request a return receipt from the post office. Allow at least five weeks for the return of your receipt. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/can-i-find-out-the-current-status-of-my-regis.html Copyright registration is effective on the day the U.S. Copyright Office receives the appropriate form, copy or copies of the work, and the $30 filing fee. The time the Copyright Office requires to process an application varies; depending on the amount of material the Office is receiving. You may generally expect a certificate of registration within approximately 8 months of submission. In the event further information is needed, a letter or telephone call from the U.S. Copyright Office will be received during this time period. Status information for submissions that were received less than eight months ago cannot be provided. If it is imperative that you have this information sooner, you may pay the appropriate fees and request that the Certifications and Documents Section conduct an in­process search. The current in­process search fee is $65 per hour. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/do-i-have-to-send-in-my-work-do-i-get-it-back.html Yes, you must send the required copy or copies of the work to be registered. These copies will not be returned. Upon their deposit in the Copyright Office, under sections 407 and 408 of the Copyright law, all copies, phonorecords, and identifying material, including those deposited in connection with claims that have been refused registration, are the property of the United States Government. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/may-i-register-more-than-one-work-on-the-same.html You may register unpublished works as a collection on one application with one title for the entire collection if certain conditions are met. It is not necessary to list the individual titles in your collection, although you may do so by completing a Continuation Sheet. Published works may only be registered as a collection if they were actually first published as a collection and if other requirements have been met. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/do-i-have-to-renew-my-copyright.html No. Works created on or after January 1, 1978, are not subject to renewal registration (see Circular 15). As to works published or registered prior to January 1, 1978, renewal registration is optional after 28 years but does provide certain legal advantages. For information on how to file a renewal application as well as the legal benefit for doing so, contact the U.S. Copyright Office at (202) 707­6787. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/do-i-have-to-use-my-real-name-on-the-form-can.html There is no legal requirement that the author be identified by his or her real name on the application form. If filing under a fictitious name, check the "Pseudonymous" box at space 2. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/how-do-i-get-my-work-into-the-library-of-cong.html Copies of works deposited for copyright registration or in fulfillment of the mandatory deposit requirement are available to the Library of Congress for its collections. The Library reserves the right to select or reject any published work for its permanent collections based on the research needs of Congress, the nation`s scholars, and of the nation`s libraries. If you would like further information on the Library`s selection policies, you may contact: Library of Congress, Collections Policy Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20540. Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/How-to-Register-Your-copyright-and-Other-Registrations-Issues/Federal/i-would-like-to-apply-for-a-copyright-registr.html You should be able to use a single application much like you would if you were to register a book. The problem lies with web sites that have relatively frequent revisions. There are no provisions for filing one application for single works that have frequent revisions. If this is the case, you will have to make a new application each time and pay the $30.00. Provisions have been made for certain qualifying databases, newsletters, and serials. Qualifying databases can utilize a single application covering up to three months of revisions. Newsletters that are published more often than weekly, and for serials that are published less often than weekly, can utilize a single application by using a group application (see U.S. Copyright Office http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ62.pdfCircular 62). Copyrights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Patent/index.html Free Patents FAQs Intellectual Property Sub-categories Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:56:18 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Patents-Trademarks-and-Copyrights/index.html Free Patents Trademarks and Copyrights FAQs Intellectual Property Sub-categories Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:56:18 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Anti-Spam-Laws/index.html Free Spam Law FAQs Intellectual Property Sub-categories Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:56:18 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Trademark/index.html Free Trademarks FAQs Intellectual Property Sub-categories Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:56:18 GMT