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Ch. 11
11-4
Part 11.8
RENEWAL CLAIMANTS: PROPRIETORS (cont'd)
Posthumous works
Proper claimant
Definitions
Composite Works
Proprietor-claimant
Definitions
Individual contributions
Corporate claimant
Questionable claim
When not acceptable
Special circumstances
Employer for hire
Employer-claimant
Definitions
Work made for hire
More than one author
Doubt re. proprietor-claimant
Prints and labels registered in the Patent office.
Proprietor entitled
Author not entitled
Part 11.9
JOINT RENEWAL CLAIMANTS
Several claimants, lame application
Later application, same work
All claims already registered
Same claims already registered
Adverse claims