[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:

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     Registration, Recordation and Rated Services             Fees
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(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.
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    (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.............       $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)....................................................
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    (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) 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
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[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]