NOTE: Couriers will receive a dated receipt from CCAS rather than the U.S. Copyright Office. The Office will consider the date of receipt at CCAS as the date of receipt in the Office. A courier may deliver up to ten items at a time. Packages accepted at CCAS may not exceed four by fourteen by eighteen inches in size. Larger packages will not be accepted by CCAS. In such cases, the courier will be directed to deliver these packages to the offsite mail processing center.
1215 Special Handling
Expedited processing of an application to register a claim in a mask work is referred to as "special handling," and may be granted at the discretion of the Register of Copyrights in cases involving pending or prospective litigation, customs matters, or contract deadlines. For details, see Circular 10, Special Handling [www.copyright.gov / circs /circl O.pdf.)
1216 Correction or Amplification of a Completed Registration
Except for errors or omissions made by the U.S. Copyright Office, no corrections or amplifications can be made to the information contained in the registration record for a completed mask work registration. In particular, a supplementary registration cannot be used to correct or amplify the information set forth in this type of registration. 37 C.F.R. § 211.4(f). If the Office made an error or omission in preparing the certificate, the owner of the mask work should contact the Office in writing
(www.copyright.gov/help/general-form.html). If appropriate, the Office will correct the mistake and issue a new certificate to the correspondent named in the certificate.
A document purporting to correct or amplify the information in a completed registration may be recorded in the Office if it is signed by the owner of the mask work or by the owner's duly authorized agent. 37 C.F.R. § 211.4(f). For information on how to record a document, see Chapter 2300, Section 2309.
1217 Reconsideration of Refusals to Register
The requirements for reconsideration of refusals to register copyright claims (which are prescribed in 37 C.F.R. § 202.5) apply to requests to reconsider refusals to register claims in mask works. See Chapter 1700 (Administrative Appeals).
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