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15.3.4

Certified copies of copyright deposits. etc.(cont'd)

II.

Form and contents of certified copies of deposits (other than Patent Office deposits). (cont'd)

e.

As of August 11, 1956 the statute (17 U.S.C. §13) and the Regulations (31 C.F.R. §202.16) permit the deposit of photographs or other identifying reproductions in lieu of copies under certain conditions (see topic 5.2.2.1.i.)

1.

In such cases a special certification, identifying the material as "photographs or identifying reproductions deposited in the Copyright Office in lieu of copies as provided by Section 13 of Title 17,

U.S. Code, . . . ," should be drawn and typed.

2.

In such cases all of the photographs or reproductions in a set should be repro­duced unless the request specified that only certain ones are to be copied.

III.

Certified copies of prints and labels deposited in the Patent Office.

a.

When the Copyright Office receives a request for a certified copy of a print or label

deposited in the Patent Office before July 1, 1940:

1.

It will add the registration number and date of receipt to one of the copies in the Patent Office file wrapper.

2.

It will have the copy photocopied.

3.

It will certify the photocopy by attach­ing a special printed form (Certifica­tion F).

b.

Ten copies of a print or label were required for a Patent Office registration. Since