COMPENDIUM: Chapter 1800
Post-Registration Procedures
1801 What This Chapter Covers
This Chapter sets forth the practices and procedures for modifying the registration record for a claim after the U.S. Copyright Office has issued a certificate of registration. The topics discussed in this Chapter include:
• Correcting or amplifying the information in a copyright registration.
• Cancelling a copyright registration.
• Asserting an adverse claim to copyright.
For a discussion of the procedure for abandoning a registration, see Chapter 2300, Section 2311. For a discussion of the procedure for recording transfers or other documents pertaining to copyright, see Chapter 2300, Section 2309.
1802 Supplementary Registration: Correcting or Amplifying the Information in a Registration
A supplementary registration is a special type of registration that may be used "to correct an error in a copyright registration or to amplify the information given in a registration." 17 U.S.C. § 408(d).
A supplementary registration identifies an error or omission in a basic registration and places the correct information or additional information in the public record. Supplementary registrations may be used only to correct or amplify limited issues involving certain types of registrations, which are listed in Section 1802.3 below. Id.; 37 C.F.R. § 201.5.
When the U.S. Copyright Office issues a supplementary registration, it does not cancel or replace the basic registration or the registration number for that registration. Likewise, the Office will not change the information set forth in the basic registration or the public record for that registration. Instead, the Office assigns a separate registration number and effective date of registration to the supplementary registration. The basic registration and the supplementary registration coexist with each other in the public record, and the supplementary registration augments — but does not supersede — the information set forth in the basic registration. 17 U.S.C. § 408(d); 37 C.F.R. § 201.5(d)(2).
1802.1 Who May File an Application for a Supplementary Registration?
The following parties may correct or amplify the information in a registration record:
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