U.S. Copyright Office, a renewal claim presents a request for registration. For works copyrighted between January 1, 1964 and December 31, 1977, renewal is automatic but registration confers certain benefits.
Renewal registration: See "renewal claim."
Request for reconsideration: A request for reconsideration to the Registration Program Office or a request for reconsideration to the Review Board is an administrative review of a refusal to register a claim in copyright by an applicant.
Review Board (also referred to as the "Board"): A Board consisting of the Register of Copyrights and the General Counsel of the Copyright Office (or their respective designees] and a third individual designated by the Register that hears second requests for reconsideration of the Registration Program's decision to refuse to register a claim to copyright.
RRCS: An abbreviation for the U.S. Copyright Office's "Records Research and Certification Section."
Scenes a faire: A stock character, setting, or event that is common to a particular subject matter or medium. Standard expressions that necessarily follow from the idea for a work of authorship.
Screen displays: Content generated by a computer program that appears on a computer screen.
Sculptural works: See "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works."
Secure test: "A secure test is a nonmarketed test administered under supervision at specified centers on specific dates, all copies of which are accounted for and either destroyed or returned to restricted locked storage following each administration. For these purposes a test is not marketed if copies are not sold but it is distributed and used in such a manner that ownership and control of copies remain with the test sponsor or publisher." 37 C.F.R. § 202.20(b)(4).
Semiconductor chip product: "A 'semiconductor chip product' is the final or intermediate form of any product —
(A) having two or more layers of metallic, insulating, or semiconductor material, deposited or otherwise placed on, or etched away or otherwise removed from, a piece of semiconductor material in accordance with a predetermined pattern; and
(B) intended to perform electronic circuitry functions." 17 U.S.C.§ 901(a)(1).
Serial : A work that is issued or intended to be issued on an established schedule in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations that are intended to be continued indefinitely. Examples include periodicals, newspapers, magazines,
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