semiconductor chip product; and (B) in which series the relation of the images to one another is that each image has the pattern of the surface of one form of the semiconductor chip product." 17 U.S.C. § 901(a)(2). A three-dimensional design formed on or in the layers of a semiconductor chip. This term does not apply to sculptural masks. Mask works are protected under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 and may be registered by the U.S. Copyright Office.
Motion pictures: '"Motion pictures' are audiovisual works consisting of a series of related images which, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any." 17 U.S.C. § 101. The definition of "motion pictures" does not include the following:
• Unauthorized fixations of live performances or telecasts.
• Live telecasts that are not fixed simultaneously with their transmission.
• Filmstrips and slide sets which, although consisting of a series of images intended to be shown in succession, are not capable of conveying an impression of motion.
See H.R. Rep. No. 94-1476 at 56 (1976), reprinted in 1976 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5659, 5669.
Nature of Authorship: The portion of a paper application that identifies the copyrightable material created by the author named in the application. In the online application, this portion of the application is referred to as the "Author Created" field.
Nonexcl usi ve I icense : A nonexclusive license is "a license of intellectual properly rights that gives the licensee a right to use, make, or sell the licensed item on a shared basis with the licensor and possibly other licensees." Black's Law Dictionary 1004 (9th ed. 2009).
Notice: See "copyright notice."
Object code: A representation of a computer program that is written in a machine language consisting of binary code [i.e., ones and zeroes). Object code is comprehensible to a computer or other electronic device, but as a general rule, it is not comprehensible to human beings.
Official certification: "An official certification is a certification, by the appropriate Government official, that the original of the document is on file in a public office and that the reproduction is a true copy [of] the original." 37 C.F.R. § 201.4(a) (3) (ii) (italics omitted).
OGC: An abbreviation for the U.S. Copyright Office's "Office of the General Counsel."
Online public record: The database posted on the U.S. Copyright Office's website containing records relating to registrations and document recordations issued after 1978 (cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First). Also known as the Public Catalog.
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