Ch. 11
11.8.5
11.8.5
11-26
11.8.5
Employer for hire.(cont'd)
IV.
More than one author. When more than one author contributed to a work, the renewal claimant need not specify that all of the authors were employed for hire.
a.
If only some of the authors were employed, this fact should appear on the renewal application.
b.
The Copyright Office will accept claims by authors or their beneficiaries and proprietors of copyright in a work made for hire on the same application, provided no patent inconsistency is presented.
V.
Doubt re: proprietor-claimant. Although there is doubt, under the wording of the renewal section, as to whether the proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire may claim renewal when the work was originally published as a contribution to a periodical and not registered separately, the Copyright Office will accept the claim without question.
11.8.6
Prints and Labels registered in the Patent Office.
I.
Proprietor entitled. The proprietor of copyright in a print or label for which registration was made in the Patent Office prior to July 1, 1940, is entitled to claim renewal.
II.
Author not entitled. The author of such a work bas no renewal rights.
