Title (publishing)

A book title refers to the work title of a book, under which it appears (to be published ) and is guided into playlists. Often the main titles are also added additional information in a caption or subtitle.

Legal Aspects

Basically, a trademark created on a book title with the publication of the work. In order to protect the title even before the appearance (eg, development and production), the claim to the so-called early for title protection can be promoted through title protection indicator.

This display has limited the same effect as well as the publication of the work. However, the proposed work must be made within a "reasonable time" come on the market, or else forfeit the early work title protection. How much notice is reasonable depends on the nature of the work ( for example, six months for print media).

Title protection ads can in the title protection indicator and title protection -Journal (both display leaves) in accordance with § 5 paragraph 3 Trademark surcharge to be published. This can also be switched in the financial newspaper of the Association of German Book Trade. There is also an arbitration service for disputes. Also title protection ads can run directly on the Internet, but there are still no final judgment on the effectiveness.

To be worthy of protection, a title must have a minimum degree of distinctiveness. Kafka would not be worthy of protection titles, Kafka - The Years of decisions already.

A public authority or any other entity for the registration of title protection does not exist. It applies the principle of " first come, first served. "

Grammatical aspects of book titles

If a book title quotes in a text, then it should be bent. Does the book title an article that is altered by the diffraction, so this is listed outside of the quotation marks. Based on the novel's title " The Process " (Franz Kafka ) are some examples:

... While reading the " Processes" ... She gave him the "Process ". She bought a reading aid to the " Process". If the book titles are given unchanged, so it is advisable to embed it in a formulation in which no diffraction is necessary:

Reading of Kafka's work ... " The Process " ... " The Process " has reading ... Web Links

  • Leaflet for title protection issues (PDF, 49 kB) of the Association of the German Book Trade
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