S-48
No. 15
CANCELLATION CASES
I.
What is a "cancellation case"?
A.
Definition.
1.
A "cancellation case" is one in which the number assigned to a completed registration will not be used for that particular work, and an accounting action is therefore necessary. The case may involve either:
a)
Complete elimination of any registration for the work in question; or
b)
A new registration for the work under a different class and number.
2.
Examples:
a)
Where it is discovered only after registration that the notice for a published work is fata1ly defective, the fee is refunded or recredited.
b)
Where a renewal claim was erroneously registered after the first term of copyright has expired, the registration is cancelled and the fee refunded or recredited.
c)
Where the check in payment of the registration fee bounces, and ef:forts to obtain a new remittance fail, the entry is cancelled.
d)
Where, through an Office error, an unpublished work was incorrectly registered as published, the published entry will be cancelled and a new registration made under an unpublished number.
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