37 CFR § 354.3 - Register of Copyrights' authority to redesignate referrals.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s354.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "37 CFR § 354.3 - Register of Copyrights' authority to redesignate referrals."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "354.3"
section_name: "Register of Copyrights' authority to redesignate referrals."
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES RULES AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "354"
part_name: "SUBMISSIONS TO THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "17 U.S.C. 802."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 30905, May 31, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "354"
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# 354.3 Register of Copyrights' authority to redesignate referrals.
If, during the 14-day period of a discretionary referral of a material question of law under § 354.1, the Register of Copyrights determines that the question is a “novel” one within the meaning of § 354.2(a), the Register may notify the Copyright Royalty Judges of that determination. The Copyright Royalty Judges will be bound by such a determination by the Register of Copyrights and will regard the Register's decision as timely delivered if it is received within the 30-day period applicable to novel question referrals.
[70 FR 30905, May 31, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 53331, Sept. 11, 2006]