Section 57 — Copyright Act: Registration of assignment or licence

The Registrar of Copyrights shall register an assignment of copyright, or a licence granting an interest in a copyright, on being furnished with the original instrument or a certified copy of it, or other evidence satisfactory to the Registrar of the assignment or licence; and the fee prescribed by or determined under the regulations. [Repealed, 1992, c. 1, s. 51] Any assignment of copyright, or any licence granting an interest in a copyright, shall be adjudged void against any subsequent assignee or licensee for valuable consideration without actual notice, unless the prior assignment or licence is registered in the manner prescribed by this Act before the registering of the instrument under which the subsequent assignee or licensee claims. The Federal Court may, on application of the Registrar of Copyrights or of any interested person, order the rectification of the Register of Copyrights by the making of any entry wrongly omitted to be made in the Register, the expunging of any entry wrongly made in or remaining on the Register, or the correction of any error or defect in the Register, and any rectification of the Register under this subsection shall be retroactive from such date as the Court may order.