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Ch. 11
11.6.3
11.6.3
11.6.3
Both editions registered.(cont'd)
I.
(cont'd)
b.
A single renewal application covering both ad interim and full-term registration is acceptable only during the period between the twenty-seventh anniversary of first publication of the American edition and the twenty-eighth anniversary of first publication of the foreign edition.
II.
Separate applications. If the applicant prefers, he may file separate applications for the ad interim and full-term registrations.
a.
Each application must be filed within the twenty-eighth year of the term of copyright in the particular edition it covers.
b.
The Copyright Office will annotate each application to refer to the other edition.
III.
Installments. When a work was first published abroad in serial installments and several separate ad interim registrations were made, separate renewal applications are required even though the first American edition was published in a single volume.
IV.
Application too late. If the renewal application is received more than twenty-eight years from the date of first publication abroad it must be rejected as too late. The applicant may file a new application covering the American edition alone, provided that edition contained new matter.
11.6.4
Four months exceeded. When the dates of ad interim registration and United States publication are more than four months apart, a single application covering both entries cannot be accepted. The Copyright Office will make separate registrations following correspondence, if the applicant reasserts his claims, and will add an annotation to each application referring to the other registration.
11.6.5
No American edition. When the Copyright Office records indicate that no American edition of a work has ever been registered the Copyright Office will refuse registration for a renewal claim, based on an ad interim registration.
