11-27
Ch. 11
11.9.1
11.9.1
Part 11.9 JOINT RENEWAL CLAIMANTS
11.9.1
Several claimants, same application. When a number of different persons are entitled to claim renewal in the same work, they may submit their claims on the same application, or they may submit separate applications and tees. It is not necessary that all possible claimants join in applying tor registration in order to secure a renewal.
11.9.2
Later application, same work. When renewal registration for a work has already been made and a later application covering the same work is received, the Copyright Office will first determine what claims have been registered.
I.
All claims already registered. If all of the claims stated on the later application have already been registered, the application will be rejected.
II.
Some claims already registered. It any of the claims stated on the later application have not been registered, and are not inconsistent with the earlier claims, the application will be passed without question, even though it may also contain claims which have already been registered.
III.
Adverse claims stated on the later application are or may be in conflict with a claim or claim which have already been registered, a matter of explanation is requested from the second applicant. The later claim will be registered without further question if the applicant reasserts it.
Examples of typical adverse claim situations:
a.
Conflicts among second proviso claimants (the author and his beneficiaries).
1.
When an earlier claim was registered in the name of an author's next of kin, and a new application is submitted by an executor, the Office requests information concerning existence of a will.
