- The ability to track the status of the application: After submission, the online system allows the applicant to log in and see whether the online application is still pending or whether it has been registered and closed.
For detailed information on completing an online application, see Chapter 600. For information on completing an online application for a group of serials, a group of published photographs, or a group of updates or revisions to a database predominantly consisting of photographs, see Chapter 1100, Sections 1109, 1116, and 1117.
Once the online application has been submitted, the Office automatically issues an email confirming that the application has been received. If there are any issues regarding the claim, a registration specialist will communicate with the applicant via telephone, email, or mail to address those issues. For more information on communications between the Office and the applicant, see Chapter 600, Section 605.
204.1(B) Paper Applications
At this time, applicants must use a paper application to apply for some types of registrations, namely:
- Group registration for daily newspapers, daily newsletters, contributions to periodicals, or databases that do not consist predominantly of photographs.
- Supplementary registrations.
- Renewal registrations.
- GATT registrations.
- Mask work and vessel design registrations.
In such cases, the applicant must submit a paper application on the appropriate form by mail, courier, or hand delivery. For detailed information on these types of paper applications, see Chapter 1400, Sections 1402.4(B), 1402.6(B) through 1402.9.
In all other cases, the Office strongly discourages applicants from using paper applications for the reasons discussed in Section 204.1(A).
Applicants may download paper applications from the Office’s website at www.copyright.gov/forms/, or by requesting the forms from the Public Information Office via email, fax, telephone, or in person. Once completed, the applicant may submit the paper application, along with the required deposit copy(ies) and filing fee, to the Office by mail, courier, or hand delivery.
For general information on how to complete a paper application, see the instructions provided with each form. For specific information on how to complete each space of a paper application, see Chapter 600. For information on how to submit a paper
