AI-Generated Content / Copyright Counseling
Companies and creators with questions about ownership, registrability, training-data risk, or licensing for AI-generated or AI-assisted output.
Copyright Registration
Registering a single work (or single-author group registration) with the U.S. Copyright Office.
$450.00
Engagement type: Flat Fee
Attorney fee: From $450 + USCO fee
Starting at $450 attorney fee per work · $45–$85 U.S. Copyright Office filing fee (subject to USCO schedule and registration type)
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.
Best for
Registering a single work (or single-author group registration) with the U.S. Copyright Office.
What’s included
- Eligibility and authorship review.
- Drafting and filing of the application.
- Deposit handling per Copyright Office requirements.
What’s NOT included
- Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
- Continued prosecution, additional office actions, or post-allowance work beyond what is expressly itemized.
- Litigation, contested proceedings (IPR/PGR/PTAB, oppositions, cancellations), or appeal work.
- Work on additional applications, jurisdictions, classes, or marks not listed in the engagement letter.
- Group, serial, database, or photograph-collection registrations beyond standard scope (custom quote).
- Responses to Copyright Office correspondence beyond routine follow-up.
- Litigation, takedown, or enforcement work.
Client responsibilities
- Provide complete, accurate, and timely technical / business disclosures.
- Review and approve drafts and filings before submission.
- Pay government and third-party fees in advance of any filing deadline.
- Identify the work, author(s), and ownership chain, and provide a deposit copy.
Assumptions
- Standard complexity for the service category.
- One primary applicant or business entity; one primary jurisdiction unless otherwise stated.
- One round of substantive client revisions included.
- No material adverse facts (e.g., prior public disclosure, intervening prior art) discovered after engagement.
- Single work; clear authorship and ownership.
Scope-change triggers
- Material change in scope, claims, embodiments, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
- Adversarial action by a third party (opposition, cancellation, declaratory action).
- Expedited / emergency turnaround required to meet a statutory or self-imposed deadline.
- After-discovered prior art, prior use, or undisclosed prior filings.
Deliverables
Filed copyright application.
Typical timing
Typically 1–2 weeks from complete intake.
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