Copr.
Law & Legal abbreviation · Intellectual Property
| Stands for | Copyright |
|---|---|
| Categories | Law & Legal |
Copr. stands for Copyright, an intellectual property abbreviation.
Abbreviation expressly allowed by US copyright law in a copyright notice, as an alternative to the word "Copyright" or the circle-C symbol. A notice combines it with the year of first publication and the owner's name.
Example: The title page reads "Copr. 2024 Harbor Press" beneath the book's title.
Usage notes
Authorized by 17 U.S.C. § 401(b). Notice has been optional for works published since March 1, 1989, when the US joined the Berne Convention, but a proper notice still defeats a defense of innocent infringement. Sound recordings use a circle-P symbol instead.
Related abbreviations
More intellectual property abbreviations
- CC – Creative Commons
- CC BY – Creative Commons Attribution License
- CC0 – Creative Commons Zero
- CCB – Copyright Claims Board
- CIP – Continuation-in-part
- CNIPA – China National Intellectual Property Administration
- DOE – Doctrine of equivalents
- EPC – European Patent Convention
- EPO – European Patent Office
- EUIPO – European Union Intellectual Property Office
- FRAND – Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory
- FTO – Freedom to operate
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This entry is for general education and is not legal advice. Abbreviation use varies between institutions; always confirm in context.