[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR133.31]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 133--TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, AND COPYRIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D--Recordation of Copyrights
 
Sec. 133.31  Recordation of copyrighted works.


    (a) Eligible works. Claims to copyright which have been registered 
in accordance with the Copyright Act of July 30, 1947, as amended, or 
the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, may be recorded with Customs for 
import protection.
    (b) Persons eligible to record. The copyright owner, including any 
person who has acquired copyright ownership through an exclusive 
license, assignment, or otherwise, and claims actual or potential injury 
because of actual or contemplated importations of copies (or 
phonorecords) of eligible works, may file an application to record a 
copyright. ``Copyright owner,'' with respect to any one of the exclusive 
rights comprised in a copyright, refers to the owner of that particular 
right.
    (c) Notice of recordation and other action. Applicants and 
recordants will be notified of the approval or denial of an application 
filed in accordance with Sec. 133.32, Sec. 133.35, Sec. 133.36, or 
Sec. 133.37.

[T.D. 72-266, 37 FR 20678, Oct. 3, 1972, as amended by T.D. 73-212, 38 
FR 21397, Aug. 8, 1973; T.D. 87-40, 52 FR 9474, Mar. 25, 1987]