diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt b/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt
index 86486132d1f..1a2660ff2c4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 *.png
 *.sln
 *.sxd
+*.sxg
 *.sxw
 *.vcproj
 *.zip
@@ -92,3 +93,6 @@ icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/ime/indic/services/java.awt.im.spi.InputMethodDes
 icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/ime/translit/services/java.awt.im.spi.InputMethodDescriptor
 icu4j/src/com/ibm/richtext/textapps/resources/unicode.arabic.red
 icu4j/src/com/ibm/richtext/textapps/resources/unicode.hebrew.red
+#Userguide html template file.  Skip because adding one would cause multiple 
+#copyright notices to appear in each generated userguide html file.
+icuhtml/userguide/html-template/ugtemplate.html