• As a substitute for renewal term registration.
• When, as a result of the correction or amplification, a renewal registration record would be invalidated or provide information that is adverse to the facts established in the renewal registration record. In such cases the Office may cancel the renewal registration record (Section 2140), and/or advise that a separate renewal claim be filed (Section 2137) or a document be recorded (Section 2139).
NOTE: In lieu of supplementary registration, an assignment or other document of transfer may be recorded in the instances listed in the fourth and fifth bullet points above. The recorded document will not be cross-referenced with the renewal registration record.
2139 Recordation
With regard to renewal registration, documents may be recorded to support or provide proof of facts for a renewal claim or a supplementary registration, or to document life events, or to provide a public record of copyright assignments or other legal documents pertaining to the renewal copyright. Generally, a recorded document is not cross- referenced with a renewal registration record. However, a reference to a recorded document will be added to a certificate of renewal registration and to the renewal registration record when it provides support for the facts, or when the original registration record referred to the recorded document.
When supplementary registration is not possible or appropriate (such as, when the author facts stated in an original registration record are disputed, or the renewal copyright is transferred after the effective date of renewal registration), recordation may be the most appropriate means of providing information in the public record regarding a work or its renewal copyright.
2139.1 Types of Documents that May be Recorded
Any document pertaining to copyright(s) may be recorded, even if the work(s) to which it pertains have not yet been registered. For information about recordation, see Chapter 2300.
2139.2 When Recordation May Be Required
With regard to renewal registration, the U.S Copyright Office may require that a document be recorded in the following circumstances:
• A renewal claim is based on an author who is not identified in the original registration record or, if the work was not registered for the original term, in the deposit copy.
• A supplementary registration seeks to correct a statutory renewal claimant or
a vested owner, and/or an assignee or successor identified in a renewal registration record.
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