[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR133.31]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; 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]