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Seal and logo of the United States Copyright Office from January 1, 1978 to December 31, 2003. Starting in 2004, it was replaced by separate logo and seal images.

The pen represents one just lifted from the paper, indicating that copyright exists when a work is first "fixed" in a tangible medium of expression.

For more information, see here or here.
Source Extracted from PDF version of the Library of Congress Strategic Plan (direct PDF URL here), and colorized based on old versions of the Copyright Office home page.
Author U.S. Library of Congress
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Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply. First, the logo is a registered trademark, and also the use of Library of Congress logos is governed by 36 CFR part 701 § 5.
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This file is a work of an employee of the Library of Congress, made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, this item is in the public domain.

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