1808 Adverse Claims   This Section discusses the practices and procedures for asserting an adverse claim to copyright. An adverse claim is a situation

1807.5 [Reserved]

1807.4 (F) Court Ordered Cancellation Occasionally, the plaintiff(s) and/or defendant(s) in a copyright infringement lawsuit ask the court to issue an order directing a party

1807.4 (E) Voluntary Cancellation As a general rule, the decision to cancel a registration will be made solely by the U.S. Copyright Office acting on

  1807.4 (D) Registrations Cancelled for Substantive Defects in the Registration   If the U.S. Copyright Office registers a work that appears to be copyrightable

1807.4 (C) Registrations Cancelled for Lack of Copyrightable Authorship If the U.S. Copyright Office issues a registration and subsequently determines that the work appears to

1807.4 (B) Registrations Cancelled for Failure to Pay the Filing Fee The U.S. Copyright Office will cancel a registration if a check received in payment

  1807.4 (A) Registrations Issued in the Wrong Class or Series   If the U.S. Copyright Office determines that the work was registered in the

1807.4 Procedure for Cancelling a Registration The decision to cancel a registration under 37 C.F.R. § 201.7 (C) (1) or (C) (4) will be made

  1807.3 Situations Where the U.S. Copyright Office Will Cancel a Registration   The Office will cancel a registration only in the following situations: