§ 508. — Notification of filing and determination of actions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC508]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 5--COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES
Sec. 508. Notification of filing and determination of actions
(a) Within one month after the filing of any action under this
title, the clerks of the courts of the United States shall send written
notification to the Register of Copyrights setting forth, as far as is
shown by the papers filed in the court, the names and addresses of the
parties and the title, author, and registration number of each work
involved in the action. If any other copyrighted work is later included
in the action by amendment, answer, or other pleading, the clerk shall
also send a notification concerning it to the Register within one month
after the pleading is filed.
(b) Within one month after any final order or judgment is issued in
the case, the clerk of the court shall notify the Register of it,
sending with the notification a copy of the order or judgment together
with the written opinion, if any, of the court.
(c) Upon receiving the notifications specified in this section, the
Register shall make them a part of the public records of the Copyright
Office.
(Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2586.)
Historical and Revision Notes
house report no. 94-1476
Section 508, which corresponds to some extent with a provision in
the patent law (35 U.S.C. 290), is intended to establish a method for
notifying the Copyright Office and the public of the filing and
disposition of copyright cases. The clerks of the Federal courts are to
notify the Copyright Office of the filing of any copyright actions and
of their final disposition, and the Copyright Office is to make these
notifications a part of its public records.
