as the protection specially granted by this Convention.

3. For the purposed of this Convention any Contracting State
may, by domestic legislation, assimilate to its own nationals any
person domiciled in that State.

ARTICLE III

1. Any Contracting State which, under its domestic law, requires
as a condition of copyright, compliance with formalities such as
deposit, registration, notice notarial certificates, payment of fees or
manufacture or publication in that Contracting State, shall regard
these requirements as satisfied with respect to all works protected in
accordance with this Convention and first published outside its
territory and the author of which is not one of its nationals, if from the
time of the first publication all the copies of the work published with
the authority of the author or other copyright proprietor bear the
symbol of a lower case "c" inside of a circle accompanied by the name of
the copyright proprietor and the year of first publication placed in
such manner and location as to give reasonable notice of claim of
copyright.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not preclude any
Contracting State from requiring formalities or other conditions for the
acquisition and enjoyment of copyright in respect of works first
published in its territory or works of its nationals wherever published.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not preclude any
Contracting State from providing that a person seeking judicial relief
must, in bringing the action, comply with procedural requirements, such