The Office will not reject an application if space 7 is left blank, but the application may be delayed if the Office needs to communicate with the applicant and correct contact information is not provided in space 7 or elsewhere in the registration materials.
1312.8 Space 8: Deposit Account Information
The applicant should provide deposit account information in space 8 only if the applicant has an existing deposit account with the U.S. Copyright Office. Otherwise, space 8 should be left blank.
For more information on how to establish a deposit account with the Office, see Circular 5, How to Obtain and Maintain a Copyright Office Deposit Account [www.copyright.gov/circs/circ05.pdfj.
1312.9 Space 9: Certification and Sworn Statements
To obtain a registration of a vessel design, the applicant or the applicant's duly appointed agent or representative must certify the declaration in space 9. It is not necessary to have the declaration provided in space 9 notarized.
Willfully making false statements in the application is punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, and may jeopardize the validity of the application and any resulting registration.
1312.9(A) Space 9: Location of Design Notice
If the design has been made public with a design notice as prescribed in 17 U.S.C. § 1306, the content and location of the notice on the vessel must be disclosed in space 9. For information regarding the placement of the notice, see Section 1309.4. If a distinctive identification of the owner has been recorded with the U.S. Copyright Office and is used instead of the design notice, the applicant should disclose this information in space 9.
1312.9(B) Space 9: Certificate Mailing Address
In Space 9, applicants should provide the name and address of the person or entity designated to receive a certificate of registration. To avoid delays in mailing, applicants should type or handwrite the name and address clearly, because the U.S. Copyright Office will mail the certificate in a window envelope that displays the address exactly as it appears on the application.
1313 Deposit Material
As stated above in Section 1311.5, the applicant must submit deposit material with the application. The deposit material must contain no more than two photographs or drawings on a single sheet of paper, and no more than three 8 % inches by 11 inches sheets of paper per basic application fee. Photographs and drawings should not be combined on a single sheet.
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