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[Bill Richards]

Lawyer independently develops and post on website self-help forms based, in part, on public domain forms from state website and statutes.  Receives C&D letter from lawyer representing someone who alleges CR infringement.  No further details in C&D letter.  Best response?

[Isaac]

Lawyer independently develops and post on website self-help forms based, in part, on public domain forms from state website and statutes.  Receives C&D letter from lawyer representing someone who alleges CR infringement.  No further details in C&D letter.  Best response?

I've never responded to a C&D, but I think the meat of my response would be to point to Copyright Office circular #32 which explains that blank forms are not copyrightable, and request that the sender point out exactly what material the lawyer believes is subject to copyright.   I suspect that any material in a self-help form that is subject to copyright is easily replaceable.

[Bill Richards]

Any problem with the website being taken down if no response?  C&D claims form is registered and included TX form (which says little).

[Isaac]

Possibly.   Maybe using a DMCA takedown reuest to the hosting service.

What's needed is an assessment or identification of what constitutes the copyrightable subject matter.