• All the works in the group must be photographs.
• All the photographs must have been created by the same individual.
• If any of the photographs in the group were created as a work made for hire,
the applicant must provide [i] the name of the photographer and [ii] the name of the photographer's employer or the party who specially ordered or commissioned the photographs [e.g., XYZ Corporation, employer for hire of John Doe].
• The copyright claimant for each photograph must be the same person or organization.
• The applicant must provide the approximate number of photographs that are included within in the group.
• All the photographs in the group must be published.
• All the photographs must be published within the same calendar year [e.g., January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2010; February 15, 2011 through July 20, 2011; October 7, 2012 through October 21, 2012, etc.].
• The applicant must provide a date of publication for the photographs as follows:
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide a date of publication for each photograph in the group using one of the following methods:
- If all of the photographs were published on the same date, the applicant should provide that date in the relevant field/space of the application.
- If the photographs were published on different dates, the applicant should provide a range of publication dates [e.g., February 15, 2004 through September 15, 2004] in the relevant field/space of the application. In addition, the applicant should provide the date of publication for each photograph using one of the following methods:
• The applicant may provide the date of publication on each photograph that is submitted to the Office [e.g., writing the date on the back of each print or slide, including the date in the file name for each image, grouping images published on the same date in the same file, etc.].
• The applicant may list the publication dates in a text file stored on a CD- ROM or DVD containing the photographs that are submitted to the Office.
• The applicant may submit a typed list clearly specifying the date of publication for each photograph in the group.
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