
      (a) Within one month after the filing of any action under this
    title, the clerks of the courts of the United States shall send
    written notification to the Register of Copyrights setting forth,
    as far as is shown by the papers filed in the court, the names and
    addresses of the parties and the title, author, and registration
    number of each work involved in the action. If any other
    copyrighted work is later included in the action by amendment,
    answer, or other pleading, the clerk shall also send a notification
    concerning it to the Register within one month after the pleading
    is filed.
      (b) Within one month after any final order or judgment is issued
    in the case, the clerk of the court shall notify the Register of
    it, sending with the notification a copy of the order or judgment
    together with the written opinion, if any, of the court.
      (c) Upon receiving the notifications specified in this section,
    the Register shall make them a part of the public records of the
    Copyright Office.

                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
                         HOUSE REPORT NO. 94-1476                     
      Section 508, which corresponds to some extent with a provision in
    the patent law (35 U.S.C. 290), is intended to establish a method
    for notifying the Copyright Office and the public of the filing and
    disposition of copyright cases. The clerks of the Federal courts
    are to notify the Copyright Office of the filing of any copyright
    actions and of their final disposition, and the Copyright Office is
    to make these notifications a part of its public records.

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