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Question: What is the Cataloging in Publication (CIP) obligation?

Answer:A CIP obligation is limited to those publishers who have entered a contractual agreement with the Library of Congress. In exchange for the Library providing preliminary cataloging information to the publisher for works submitted to the CIP program.


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Before 1978, federal copyright was generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright, assuming compliance with all other relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works published without satisfying all conditions for securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of 1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act.

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Copyright News

Library of Congress Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Preservation of Commercial Sound Recordings
This report will be of great value in creating a national preservation plan.

LEGISLATION TO COMBAT DESIGN PIRACY
Design patents are intended to protect ornamental designs, but clothing rarely meets the criteria of patentability.

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Helpful Terms

Dependent claim

Definition:
A claim in a patent that refers back to a previous claim and defines an invention that is narrower in scope than that in the previous claim. A dependent claim must be written so as to be more restricted than the technology defined in the previous claim.

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