[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: 37CFR212.8]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 212_PROTECTION OF VESSEL HULL DESIGNS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 212.8  Correction of errors in certificates of registration.

    (a) General.
    (1) This section prescribes conditions relating to the correction of 
clerical or typographical errors in a certificate of registration of a 
vessel hull design, under section 1319 of title 17 of the United States 
Code, as amended by Public Law 105-304.
    (2) For the purposes of this section, a basic registration means 
registration of a vessel hull design made under sections 1310 through 
1314 of title 17 of the United States Code, as amended by Public Law 
105-304.
    (3) No correction of the information in a basic registration will be 
made except pursuant to the provisions of this

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Sec. 212.8. As an exception, where it is discovered that the record of 
a vessel hull design registration contains a clerical or typographical 
error made by the Copyright Office, the Office will take appropriate 
measures to rectify its error. Correction will be made only of clerical 
or typographical errors; errors of a different nature cannot be 
corrected and there is no procedure to amplify the registration record 
with additional information.
    (b) Application for correction of error in certificate. At any time 
after registration of a vessel hull design, the Copyright Office will 
correct a clerical or typographical error in the registration upon the 
application of the owner of the registered design or the owner's 
authorized agent.
    (c) Form and content of application to correct registration. (1) An 
application to correct a registration shall be made on a form prescribed 
by the Copyright Office, shall be accompanied by the appropriate filing 
fee identified in Sec. 201.3(c) and shall contain the following 
information:
    (i) The make and model of the vessel that embodies the registered 
design;
    (ii) The registration number of the basic registration;
    (iii) The year when the basic registration was completed;
    (iv) The name or names of the designer or designers of the vessel 
hull, and the owner or owners of the vessel hull design, as they appear 
in the basic registration;
    (v) The space number and heading or description of the part of the 
basic registration where the error occurred;
    (vi) A transcription of the erroneous information as it appears in 
the basic registration;
    (vii) A statement of the correct information as it should have 
appeared;
    (viii) If desired, an explanation of the error or its correction;
    (ix) The name and address:
    (A) To which the correspondence concerning the application should be 
sent; and
    (B) To which the certificate of correction should be mailed; and
    (x) The certification shall consist of:
    (A) The handwritten signature of the owner of the registered design 
or of the duly authorized agent of such owner (who shall also be 
identified);
    (B) The typed or printed name of the person whose signature appears, 
and the date of signature; and
    (C) A statement that the person signing the application is the owner 
of the registered design or of the duly authorized agent of such owner, 
and that the statements made in the application are correct to the best 
of that person's knowledge.
    (2) The form prescribed by he Copyright Office for the foregoing 
purposes is designated ``Application to Correct a Design Registration 
(Form DC)''. Copies of the form are available free upon request to the 
Public Information Office, Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 
Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000 or on the Copyright 
Office Web site at http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formdc.pdf.
    (3) Copies, phonorecords or supporting documents cannot be made part 
of the record of a corrected certificate of registration and should not 
be submitted with the application.
    (d) Fee. The filing fee for an application to correct a certificate 
of registration of a vessel hull design is prescribed in Sec. 201.3(c).

[71 FR 46402, Aug. 14, 2006]

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