[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 37, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 37CFR201.3] [Page 467-468] 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. (c) Registration, recordation and related service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for these services: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Registration, Recordation and Rated Services Fees ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Registration of a basic claim in an original work $45 of authorship: Forms TX, SE, PA, VA (including Short Forms), and Form SR. (2) Electronic Registration of a basic claim in an 35 original work of authorship: Form CO. (3) Registration of a claim in a group of 45 contributions to periodicals (GR/CP). (4) Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE): Claim 75 without Addendum. Addendum............................................ 220 (5) Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW). 95 (6) Registration of a claim in a group of serials 25 (Form SE/Group) [per issue, with minimum 2 issues]. (7) Registration of a claim in a group of daily 70 newspapers and qualified newsletters (Form G/DN). (8) Registration of a claim in a restored copyright 45 (Form GATT). (9) Registration of a group of published photographs. 45 (10) Preregistration of certain unpublished works.... 100 (11) Registration of a correction or amplification to 115 a claim (Form CA). (12) Providing an additional certificate of 40 registration. (13) Certification of other Copyright Office records 150 (per hour). (14) Search-report prepared from official records 150 (per hour). Estimate of search fee.............................. 100 (15) Location of Copyright Office records (per hour). 150 Location of in-process materials (per hour)......... 150 (16) Recordation of document, including a Notice of 95 Intention to Enforce (NIE) (single title). Additional titles (per group of 10 titles).......... 25 (17) Recordation of Notice of Intention to Make and 12 Distribute Phonorecords. (18) Recordation of an Interim Designation of Agent 80 to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement under Sec. 512(c)(2). (19) Issuance of a receipt for a Sec. 407 deposit.. 20 (20) Registration of a claim in a vessel hull 200 (including 3 pages of drawing or photographs). Additional pages.................................... 20 (21) Recordation of distinctive identification of 80 vessel hull designer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 468]] (d) Special Service Fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for special services: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special services Fees ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Service charge for deposit account overdraft............. $150 (2) Service charge for dishonored deposit account 75 replenishment check......................................... (3) Appeals: (i) First appeal......................................... 250 Additional claim in related group.................... 25 (ii) Second appeal....................................... 500 Additional claim in related group.................... 25 (4) Secure test processing charge, per hour.................. 150 (5) Copying of Copyright Office Records by staff: Photocopy (b&w) (per page, minimum $6)................... 0.50 Photocopy (color) (per page, minimum $6)................. 1.50 Photograph (Polaroid).................................... 15 Photograph (digital)..................................... 45 Slide.................................................... 3 Audiocassette (first 30 minutes)......................... 75 Additional 15 minute increments...................... 20 Videocassette (first 30 minutes)......................... 75 Additional 15 minute increments...................... 25 CD or DVD................................................ 50 Zip or floppy disk....................................... 100 (6) Special handling fee for a claim......................... 685 Each additional claim using the same deposit............. 50 (7) Special handling fee for recordation of a document....... 435 (8) Handling fee of extra deposit copy for certification..... 45 (9) Full-term retention of a published deposit............... 425 (10) Expedited Reference and Bibliography search and report.. 400/hr (11) Expedited Certification & Documents services (surcharge, 240 per hour)................................................... (12) Notice to Libraries and Archives........................ 50 Each additional title.................................... 20 (13) Use of COINS terminal in LM-B14 (per hour).............. 25 (14) Fed Ex Service.......................................... 35 (15) Delivery of documents via facsimile (per page, 7 page 1 maximum).................................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (e) Licensing Division service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for certain services performed by the Licensing Division: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Licensing Division Services Fees ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Recordation of a Notice of Intention to Make and $12 Distribute Phonorecords (17 U.S.C. 115). (2) Filing Fee for Recordation of License Agreements 125 under 17 U.S.C. 118. (3) Recordation of Certain Contracts by Cable 50 Television Systems Located Outside the Forty-Eight Contiguous States. (4) Initial Notice of Digital Transmission of Sound 20 Recording (17 U.S.C. 114). Amendment of 17 U.S.C. 114 Notice................... 20 (5) Statement of Account Amendment (Cable Television Systems, Satellite Carriers, and Digital Audio Recording Devices or Media, 17. U.S.C. 111, 119, and 1003)........................... 95 (6) Amendment to an Initial Notice of Distribution of 20 Digital Audio Recording Devices or Media. (7) Photocopy made by staff (b&w) (per page, minimum 0.50 $6). (8) Search, per hour................................. 150 (9) Certification of Search Report................... 150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [64 FR 29520, June 1, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 36574, July 7, 1999; 65 FR 39819, June 28, 2000; 67 FR 38005, May 31, 2002; 71 FR 31090, June 1, 2006; 71 FR 46402, Aug. 14, 2006; 72 FR 33691, June 19, 2007]