• By telephone: [202) 707-9100.
• In Person: James Madison Building, Public Information Office, Room LM-401, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, except on federal holidays.
• By U.S. Mail: Library of Congress, U.S. Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington DC 20559-6000.
All forms submitted to the Office must be clear and legible and suitable for automatic feeding through a photocopier. The Office will return forms that do not meet this requirement.
For information on completing Form D-VH, see Section 1312 below.
1311.4 Filing Fees
The current filing fee is set forth in the Office's fee schedule under the heading "Form D- VH (vessel hull designs]" (www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html).
For information concerning the methods for paying this fee, see Chapter 1400, Sections 1403.4 and 1403.5.
1311.5 Deposit Material
The applicant must submit deposit with the application, consisting of photographs or drawings that contain all of the claimed aspects of the vessel design.
For information concerning the deposit requirements see Section 1313 below.
1312 Completing the Application
The U.S. Copyright Office evaluates vessel design applications for completeness and sufficiency of the required elements. For detailed information on the registration of vessel designs, see 17 U.S.C. §§ 1310-1315 and the regulations on vessel designs in 37 C.F.R. Part 212.
1312.1 Space 1: Title
The title of a vessel design is comprised of the make and model of the vessel. In space 1, applicants must provide the make and model of the vessel that embodies the claimed design. This information is used to identify and catalog the design.
The make and model information typically consists of the following:
• The name of the manufacturer.
• The model identification, including any descriptive information, such as the general categorization or type of the vessel that is useful to identify the vessel.
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