[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR201.3]
[Page 342-344]
TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
CONGRESS
PART 201--GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
Sec. 201.3 Fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Division.
(a) General. This section prescribes the fees for registration,
recordation, and related services, special services, and services
performed by the Licensing Division.
(b) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
(1) Registration, recordation, and related service fee. This is the
fee for a registration or recordation service that the Office is
required to perform under 17 U.S.C., or a directly related service. It
includes those services described in section 708(a)(1)-(9) and
authorized by Pub. L. 105-80.
(2) Special service fee. This is a fee for a special service not
specified in title 17, which the Register of Copyrights may fix at any
time on the basis of the cost of providing the service, as provided by
17 U.S.C. 708(a)(10).
(3) Licensing Division service fee. This is a fee for a service
performed by the Licensing Division.
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(c) Registration, recordation and related service fees. The
Copyright Office has established the following fees for these services:
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Registration, recordation and related services Fees
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(1) Basic registrations: Form TX, Form VA, Form PA, Form $30
SE, (including Short Forms), and Form SR..................
(2) Registration of a claim in a group of contribution to 30
periodicals (GR/CP).......................................
(3) Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE):
Claim without Addendum................................ 45
Addendum.............................................. 15
(4) Registration of a claim in a Mask Work................. 75
(5) Registration of a claim in a group of series (Form SE/ 10
Group) $30 minimum........................................
(6) Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers, 55
and qualified newsletters (Form G/DN).....................
(7) Registration of a restored copyright (Form GATT)....... 30
(8) Registration of a claim in a group of restored works 10
(Form GATT Group) $30 minimum.............................
(9) Registration of a correction or amplification to a 65
claim (Form CA)...........................................
(10) Providing an additional certificate of registration... 25
(11) Any other certification, per hour..................... 65
(12) Search--report prepared from official records, per 65
hour......................................................
(13) Search--locating Copyright Office records, per hour... 65
(14) Recordation of documents (single title)............... 50
Additional titles (per group of 10 titles)............ 15
(15) Recordation of a notice of intention (NIE) to enforce 30
a restored copyright containing no more than one title....
Additional NIE titles (each).......................... 1
(16) Recordation of Notice of Intention to Make and 12
Distribute Phonorecords...................................
(17) Issuance of a receipt for a deposit................... 4
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\1\ Per issuse.
\2\ Per claim.
(d) Special service fees. The Copyright Office has established the
following fees for special services:
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Special services Fees
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(1) Service charge for deposit account overdraft........... $70
(2) Service charge for dishonored deposit account 35
replenishment check.......................................
(3) Service charge for insufficient fee.................... (\1\)
(4) Appeals:
(i) First appeal....................................... 200
Additional claim in related group.................. 20
(ii) Second appeal..................................... 500
Additional claim in related group.................. 20
(5) Secure test processing charge, per hour................ 60
(6) Copying charge, 15 pages or fewer...................... 15
Each additional page over 15........................... .50
(7) Inspection charge...................................... 65
(8) Special handling fee for a claim....................... 500
Each additional claim using the same deposit........... 50
(9) Special handling fee for recordation of a document..... 330
(10) Full-term storage of deposits......................... 365
(11) Surcharge for expedited Certifications and Documents
Section services:
(i) Additional certificates, per hour.................. 75
(ii) In-process searches, per hour..................... 75
(iii) Copy of assignment or other document, per hour... 75
(iv) Certification, per hour........................... 75
(v) Copy of registered deposit:........................
First hour......................................... 95
Each additional hour............................... 75
(vi) Copy of correspondence file:
First hour......................................... 95
Each additional hour............................... 75
(12) Surcharge for expedited Reference & Bibliography
Section searches:
First hour............................................. 125
Each additional hour................................... 95
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\1\ Reserved.
(e) Licensing Division service fees. The Copyright Office has
established the following fees for certain services performed by the
Licensing Division:
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Licensing division services Fees
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(1) Recordation of a Notice of Intention to Make and $12
Distribute Phonorecords (17 U.S.C. 115)...................
(2) Certificate of Filing a Notice of Intention (17 U.S.C. 8
115)......................................................
(3) Filing Fee for Recordation of License Agreements under 50
17 U.S.C. 118.............................................
(4) Recordation of Certain Contracts by Cable Television 50
Systems Located Outside the Forty-Eight Contiguous States.
(5) Initial Notice of Digital Transmission of Sound 20
Recording (17 U.S.C. 114).................................
Amendment of 17 U.S.C. 114 Notice...................... 20
(6) Statement of Account Amendment (Cable Television 15
Systems and Satellite Carriers, 17 U.S.C. 111 and 119)....
(7) Statement of Account Amendment (Digital Audio Recording 20
Devices or Media, 17 U.S.C. 1003).........................
(8) Using Public Photocopier, per page..................... .25
Photocopies Made by Licensing Staff, per page.......... .40
(9) Search, per hour....................................... 65
(10) Certification of Search Report........................ 65
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[64 FR 29520, June 1, 1999]