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Chapter 6. MANUFACTURING CLAUSE

Part 6.1 IN GENERAL

6.1.1

Requirement of U. S. manufacture.

I.

Works covered.In general, the following 'Works, to be registrable, must be manufactured "within the limits of the United States" (17 U.S.C. 6 16):

a.

The text of any book or periodical by a U. S. author or domiciled alien, except the English-language text of a 'Work exempted by virtue of the ad interim pro­visions. (See Part 6.2.)

b.

The text of any book or periodical in the English language by a foreign author, except the text of works exempted by virtue of the ad interim provisions, or of the U.C.C. and 6 9(c) of the Code. (See Part 6.4.)

c.

Lithographs or photoengravings, either as illustra­tions in a book or periodical, or as separate Works, except where they are exempt by virtue of the U.C.C. and 8 9(c) of the Code, or where they represent a subject located abroad and illustrate a scientific work or reproduce a work of art. (See Part 6.4.)

II.

Affidavit of U. S. manufacture. For the registration in Class A of a book subject to the manufacturing clause (see topic 6.2.1.), the application must be accompanied by an affidavit (on page 2 of Application Form A) showing that the book was manufactured in the U. S. (See topic 6.2.3.)

III

Limits of the United States

a.

Manufacture in an unincorporated territory or in an organized unincorporated territory of the U. S. will be regarded an manufacture "within the limits of the United States" (Code, 9 16), for purposes of regis­tration. Included are:

1.

Panama Canal Zone

2.

The Virgin Islands

3.

Puerto Rico

4.

Guam

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