Non U.S. Applicants
Any work that is protected by U.S. copyright law can be registered regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author. This includes many works of foreign origin. All works that are unpublished, regardless of the nationality of the author, are protected in the United States.
Works that are first published in the United States or in a country with which the U.S has a copyright treaty are also protected and may therefore be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Currently, the U.S. has copyright agreements with 190 countries around the world.
- Introduction
- What Copyright Protects
- Exclusive Rights
- Multiple Works - One Application
- Benefits of Copyright Registration
- If You Don't Register
- Copyright, Trademark, or Patent
- Who Can Register
- Work Made for Hire
- Joint Works
- Non U.S. Applicants
- Pseudonyms
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright Deposit or Date Stamp
- Governing Law
- International Protection
- Publication
- Derivative Works
- Changed Work
- Copyright Infringement
- Non-Infringing Use
- Public Domain
- Moral Rights
- Logos
- Names & Phrases
- Recipes
- Cartoons & Comic Strips
- Photographs
- Play, Treatments & Scripts
- Visual Arts
