37 CFR 201.3 – Fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Section and the Copyright Claims Board
(a) General. This section prescribes the fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Section.
Terms Used In 37 CFR 201.3
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(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).
(3) Licensing Section service fee. This is a fee for a service performed by the Licensing Section.
(c) Registration, recordation, and related service fees. The Copyright Office has established fees for these services. To calculate the fee specified by paragraph (c)(20) of this section, for each work identified in a document: The first title and/or first registration number provided for that particular work constitutes a work; and each additional title and registration number provided for that particular work beyond the first constitutes an alternate identifier. The fees are as follows:
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| (1) Registration of a claim in an original work of authorship: | |
| (i) Electronic filing: | |
| (A) Single author, same claimant, one work, not for hire | 45 |
| (B) All other filings | 65 |
| (ii) Paper Filing (Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE, SR) | 125 |
| (2) Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals | 85 |
| (3) Registration of updates or revisions to a database that predominantly consists of non-photographic works | 500 |
| (4) Registration of a claim in a group of published photographs or a claim in a group of unpublished photographs | 55 |
| (5) Registration for a database that predominantly consists of photographs and updates thereto: | |
| (i) Electronic filing | 250 |
| (ii) Paper filing | 250 |
| (6) Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE): | |
| (i) Claim without addendum | 125 |
| (ii) Addendum (in addition to the fee for the claim) | 100 |
| (7) Registration of a claim in a group of serials (per issue, minimum two issues): | |
| (i) Electronic filing | 35 |
| (ii) Paper filing | 70 |
| (8) Registration of a claim in a group of newspapers or a group of newsletters | 95 |
| (9) Registration of a group of works on an album | 65 |
| (10) Registration of a claim in a group of unpublished works | 85 |
| (11) Registration of a claim in a group of short online literary works | 65 |
| (12) Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form GATT) | 100 |
| (13) Preregistration of certain unpublished works | 200 |
| (14) Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim: | |
| (i) Supplementary registration: | |
| (A) Electronic filing | 100 |
| (B) Paper Filing for correction or amplification of renewal registrations, GATT registrations, and group registrations for non-photographic databases (Form CA) | 150 |
| (ii) Correction of a design registration: Form DC | 100 |
| (15) Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) | 150 |
| (16) Registration of a claim in a vessel design (Form D/VH) | 500 |
| (17) Provision of an additional certificate of registration | 55 |
| (18) Certification of other Copyright Office records, including search reports (per hour) | 200 |
| (19) Search report prepared from official records other than Licensing Section records (per hour, 2 hour minimum) | 200 |
| (20) Estimate of retrieval or search fee (credited to retrieval or search fee) | 200 |
| (21) Retrieval of in-process or completed Copyright Office records or other Copyright Office materials: | |
| (i) Retrieval of paper records (per hour, 1 hour minimum) | 200 |
| (ii) Retrieval of digital records (per hour, half hour minimum, quarter hour increments) | 200 |
| (22) Recordation of a document, including a notice of termination and a notice of intention to enforce a restored copyright: | |
| (i) Base fee (includes 1 work identified by 1 title and/or registration number): | |
| (A) Paper | 125 |
| (B) Electronic | 95 |
| (ii) Additional transfer (per transfer) (for documents recorded under 17 U.S.C. § 205) | 95 |
| (iii) Additional works and alternate identifiers: | |
| (A) Paper (per group of 10 or fewer additional works and alternate identifiers) | 60 |
| (B) Electronic: | |
| 60 | |
| 225 | |
| 390 | |
| 555 | |
| 5,500 | |
| (iv) Correction of online Public Catalog data due to erroneous electronic title submission (per title) | 7 |
| (23) Designation of agent under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2) to receive notification of claimed infringement, or amendment or resubmission of designation | 6 |
| (24)(i) Schedule of pre-1972 sound recordings, or supplemental schedule of pre-1972 sound recordings (single sound recording) | 75 |
| (ii) Additional sound recordings (per group of 1 to 100 sound recordings) | 10 |
| (25) Removal of pre-1972 sound recording from Office’s database of indexed schedules (single sound recording) | 75 |
| (26) Notice of noncommercial use of pre-1972 sound recording | 50 |
| (27) Opt-out notice of noncommercial use of pre-1972 sound recording | 50 |
| (28) Issuance of a receipt for a section 407 deposit | 30 |
| (29) Removal of PII from Registration Records: | |
| (i) Initial request, per registration record | 100 |
| (ii) Reconsideration of denied requests, flat fee | 60 |
(d) Special service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for special services of the Office:
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| (1) Service charge for deposit account overdraft | 285 |
| (2) Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment check | 500 |
| (3) Service charge for an uncollectible or non-negotiable payment | 115 |
| (4) Appeals: | |
| (i) First appeal (per claim) | 350 |
| (ii) Second appeal (per claim) | 700 |
| (5) Secure test examining fee (per staff member per hour) | 250 |
| (6) Copying of Copyright Office records by staff | 12 |
| (7)(i) Special handling fee for a claim | 800 |
| (ii) Handling fee for each non-special handling claim using the same deposit | 50 |
| (8) Small claims expedited registration fee per registration application request | 50 |
| (9) Special handling fee for recordation of a document | 550 |
| (10) Handling fee for extra deposit copy for certification | 50 |
| (11) Full-term retention of a published deposit: | |
| (i) Physical deposit | 540 |
| (ii) Electronic deposit | 220 |
| (12) Voluntary cancellation of registration | 150 |
| (13) Matching unidentified deposit to deposit ticket claim | 40 |
| (14) Special handling fee for records retrieval, search, and certification services (per hour, 1 hour minimum) | 500 |
| (15) Litigation statement (Form LS) | 100 |
| (16)(i) Notice to libraries and archives | 50 |
| (ii) Each additional title | 20 |
| (17) Service charge for Federal Express mailing | 45 |
| (18) Service charge for delivery of documents via facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum) | 1 |
(e) Licensing Section service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for specific services of the Licensing Section:
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| (1)(i) Recordation of a notice of intention to make and distribute phonorecords (17 U.S.C. § 115) | 75 |
| (ii) Additional titles (per group of 1 to 10 titles) (paper filing) | 20 |
| (iii) Additional titles (per group of 1 to 100 titles) (online filing) | 10 |
| (2) Statement of account amendment (cable television systems and satellite carriers, 17 U.S.C. § 111 and 119; digital audio recording devices or media, 17 U.S.C. § 1003) | 50 |
| (3) Recordation of certain contracts by cable TV systems located outside the 48 contiguous states | 50 |
| (4) Initial or amended notice of digital transmission of sound recording (17 U.S.C. § 112, 114) | 50 |
| (5) Processing of a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 111: | |
| (i) Form SA1 | 15 |
| (ii) Form SA2 | 20 |
| (iii) Form SA3 | 725 |
| (6) Processing of a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 119 or 122 | 725 |
| (7) Search report prepared from Licensing Section records (per hour, 2 hour minimum) | 200 |
(f) Fees for travel in connection with educational activities. For travel expenses in connection with Copyright Office educational activities when participation by Copyright Office personnel has been requested by another organization or person and that organization or person has agreed to pay such expenses, collection of the fee shall be subject to, and the amount of the fee shall be no greater than, the amount authorized under the Federal Travel Regulations found in Chapters 300 through 304 of Title 41.
(g) Copyright Claims Board fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for specific services related to the Copyright Claims Board:
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| Copyright Claims Board fees | Fees ($) |
|---|---|
| (1) Initiate a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board: | |
| (i) First payment | 40 |
| (ii) Second payment | 60 |
| (2) Designation of a service agent by a corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association under 17 U.S.C. § 1506(g)(5)(B), or amendment of designation | 6 |
| (3) Filing fee for review of a final CCB determination by the Register | 300 |