contentS > copyriGht and LeGaL inforMation > copyriGht back forward Skip to next chapter 0 Copyright 5.1 copyriGht forM use the following standard copyright for all publications, software and media worldwide: for severely space-constrained works (such as on a roM chip), the word “copyright” may © copyright 2006 hewlett-packard development company, L.p. be omitted and the name may be shortened to “hpdc”, for example: hp has transferred all of its intellectual property (ip) assets (trademarks, patents, © 2006 hpdc copyrights, and trade secrets) to hewlett-packard development company, L.p. (hpdc). for purposes of the year of first publication, “publication” means any public distribution of all intellectual property (ip) created in the future by hp employees or by hp suppliers the work. this includes sending software works out for beta testing. on behalf of hp will be owned by hpdc. hpdc licenses to all other hp entities the rights in situations where the correct copyright symbol © cannot be reproduced conveniently, to use those ip assets. the main reasons for establishing hp’s holding company are to the capital letter “c” in parentheses is acceptable. in countries that do not belong to the consolidate our ip, to give it greater visibility and to control the transfer of ip out of the berne convention, it is uncertain whether the c in parentheses will be accepted as a valid company. copyright notice. therefore, the use of © over (c) is preferred. if copyright protection is the copyright date should be the year the work was originally published. important in such a country, the copyright symbol © should be used. the word “copyright” (or its abbreviation “copr.”) should always be included in the the date must not be more recent than the actual year of first publication. forfeiture of the copyright can result from using too recent a date; if there is doubt, it is better to err copyright notice if the “c” in parentheses is used. it is desirable to include the word by using a date that is too early rather than one that is too recent. “copyright” even where the copyright symbol © is used. no other legends or words of warning are required in a copyright notice. if a work has been revised, the copyright notice should also include either (i) all the years in which the work was revised or (ii) the year of the most recent revision, for example: the legend “all rights reserved” is no longer required. © copyright 1997-2006 hewlett-packard development company, L.p. © copyright 1997, 1999-2001, 2006 hewlett-packard development company, L.p. © copyright 2003, 2006 hewlett-packard development company, L.p. including all revision years may be appropriate when you want to make it clear that the work has been regularly revised. the shorter form may be more appropriate when space for the notice is limited (for example, on a cd).