12-15
Ch. 12
12.3.3
12.3.3
12.3.3
"Signed by the proprietor of the copyright."
III.
Authority to sign.(cont'd)
b.
No question will ordinarily be raised in the case of an assignment of copyright in a contribution to a periodical signed in the name of the periodical (e.g., Saturday Evening Post rather than that of the publisher (e.g., Curtis Publishing Co.).
IV.
Signature of individual. As a rule, the signature shou1d be the actual handwritten signature of an individual person, and should give the individual's own name rather than that of the person or organisation he may represent.
a
A pencil signature is acceptable.
b.
A hand-printed signature is aooeptab1e.
c.
A printed, typewritten, rubber-stamp, or faosimile signature will be questioned.
d.
An illiterate person's mark is aooeptab1e if accompanied by another person's signature attesting to its authenticity.
e.
The signature need not be legible or include the full name of the assignor, as long as the
name is sufficiently identified elsewhere in the document, but initials or a monogram would not generally be regarded as a signature.12.3.4
Identification of parties.
I.
Identification of transferee. As a rule any document purporting to transfer a copyright or rights under a copyright (assignments; licenses, mortgages, etc.) should clearly identify the transferee as well as the person making the transfer.
II.
Failure to identify necessary parties. Documents which fail to identify the necessary parties will be questioned, but recordation will not be refused.
