registered on Form GATT, but renewal registration is not appropriate, even when a copyright is in its renewal term.
U.S. author. For renewal registration purposes, an individual author who is a national or domiciliary of the United States, or a proprietary author which is registered or headquartered in the United States at the time of first publication.
U.S. work. For renewal registration purposes, works written by an author who was stateless, or who was a U.S. national or domiciliary at the time of first publication. A work first published in the United States may not be a U.S. work (as when the author is neither a U.S. national or domiciliary, nor a national of a country with which the United States has copyright relations). All unpublished photographs were regarded to be of U.S. origin for registration purposes regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author.
Vested owner. A party in whom the renewal vested on the first day of the renewal term. A renewal claim filed during the renewal term must identify at least one vested owner.
Vesting date. For renewal registration purposes, the vesting date is the first day of the renewal term.
Widow or Widower. "The author's 'widow' or 'widower' is the author's surviving spouse under the law of the author's domicile at the time of his or her death, whether or not the spouse has later remarried." 17 U.S.C. § 101.
Writing of an author. To be regarded as a "writing," a work should contain at least a certain minimum amount of original literary, pictorial, or musical material.
Work copyrighted by a corporate body otherwise than as assignee or licensee of the author. For renewal registration purposes, a type of work created by persons (plural] related to a corporation neither as employees for hire nor as assignors or licensors in which the mutual contributions are fused so as to be indistinguishable. For example, members of a religious order who have renounced ownership of worldly possessions, or board members of a corporation who create a textual presentation on their own time but for the corporation.
Work made for hire. For renewal registration purposes, a type of proprietary work which allows "an employer for whom such work is made for hire" to claim the renewal copyright. Pub. L. No. 61-281, § 24, 61 Stat. 652, 659 (1947). See U.S. Copyright Office, "Work Made for Hire" under the 1909 Copyright Law (2005).
Works of foreign origin (foreign works). For renewal registration purposes, works, other than U.C.C. works, by foreign authors (including joint works by one or more foreign authors), that, if published, were first published outside the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the United States. A work by an author who was a national or domiciliary of the United States at the time of first publication is not considered a work of foreign origin.
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