CBP Allows for Copyright Enforcement While Copyright Office Application Pending
CBP will now enforce copyright registrations beginning when an application is filed with the Copyright Office, CBP said on its intellectual property rights site (here). "Temporary recordation of unregistered Copyrights is now available while your application for registration is pending…
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at the U.S. Copyright Office," CBP said. "Upon request (email to iprrquestions@cbp.dhs.gov), you will receive instructions for submitting an application for recordation of your copyright with CBP for border enforcement purposes." Proof of application to register the copyright is required, it said. This is the result of the customs reauthorization law, which required that CBP develop a process to enforce copyrights while an application is pending (see 1602230080). CBP is authorized to detain or seize imports of protected copyrighted works.