Visual Arts

Copyright protects original two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of fine, graphic, and applied art such as:

Advertisements, commercial prints, labels - Artificial flowers and plants- Artwork applied to clothing or to other useful articles- Bumper stickers, decals, stickers-Cartographic works, such as maps, globes, relief models- Cartoons, comic strips- Collages- Dolls, toys- Drawings, paintings, murals- Enamel works- Fabric, floor, and wall covering designs- Games, puzzles- Greeting cards, postcards, stationery- Holograms, computer and laser artwork- Jewelry designs- Models- Mosaics- Needlework and craft kits- Original prints, such as engravings, etchings, serigraphs, silk screen prints, woodblock prints- Patterns for sewing, knitting, crochet, needlework- Photographs, photomontages- Posters- Record jacket artwork or photography- Relief and intaglio prints- Reproductions, such as lithographs, collotypes- Sculpture, such as carvings, ceramics, figurines, molds, relief sculptures- Stained glass designs- Stencils, cut-outs- Technical drawings, architectural drawings or plans, blueprints, diagrams, mechanical drawings- Weaving designs, lace designs, tapestries.

Two or more individual works of Visual Arts may be registered together on a single application if:

• The collection is given a single title.
• All of the individual elements were created by the same author, or at least one author has contributed to each element.
• The copyright claimant in each element and in the collection as a whole is the same.
• The collection is assembled and submitted in an orderly manner.

All copyrightable elements that are included in a single unit may be considered a single work for registration purposes. For example, a game consisting of playing pieces, a game board, and written game instructions.

Works registered as a collection will be recorded in the records of the Copyright Office only under the collective title. Copyright registration of works of Visual Arts extends only to the copyrightable material deposited at the time of registration. There is no blanket registration that will cover works to be produced in the future.

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