S-108
III.
Unpublished works(cont' d)
A.
Authorized registration(cont'd)
1.
Error in copyright ownership, but valid copyright secured. If an error was made in naming the copyright owner(s), but it seems clear that a valid copyright was secured, recordation of a document of assignment should generally be suggested.
Examples:
a.
Line 1 either omitted the name of a co-claimant, included a co-claimant in error, or gave the name of a co-claimant incorrectly; however, at least one name given was the author or assignee of the author.
Line 1 names A as claimant - should be A and B.
Line 1 names A and B as co-claimants should be A only.
Line 1 names A and B as CO-Claimants should be A and C.
b.
Line 1 contains the name of someone who was not the author or the assignee of the author,
but it is clear that there is privity between the claimant named in line 1 and the copyright owner.
The claimant given in line 1 may be a subsidiary of the copyright owner.
The author's agent gave his own name in line 1 instead of the author's name.
Part II
