AGENCY: District Court (Third District)

SERIES: 82994
TITLE: Copyright petitions
DATES: i 1870-1875, 1879.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of filing.

DESCRIPTION: An original application for copyright for theatrical plays, books, maps, drawings, medicine preparations, slip inscriptions, and labels make up these petitions. A description of the play, book, or map, or a sample of the label or slip design are usually included.

These petitions document the legal process of securing intellectual property rights in the territorial third judicial district.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently and then microfilm.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the 1993 records retention policy of the Utah Judicial Council (in UCA, Utah Court Rules Annotated, Appendix F), which has remained unchanged since the 1980 issue of the state Records Retention Schedule (Utah State Archives and Records Service, Department of Finance 1980, page 1). The copyright petitions provide documentation about the legal process for securing intellectual property rights in Utah. As these petitions are the only known records documenting this function, they are historically valuable and are retained permanently.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public. Title 17 USC Section 705 (b) states that copyright records and indexes shall be open to public inspection.

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