Code of Federal Regulations

Title 37 — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

Copyright Office regulations codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These regulations are also known as Circular 96.


Subchapter A—Copyright Office and Procedures;
Part 205—Legal Processes

Section Title
Subpart A—General Provisions
205.1 Definitions
205.2 Address for mail and service; telephone number
205.3 Waiver of rules
205.4 Relationship of this part to the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure
205.5 Scope of this part related to Copyright Office duties under title 17 of the U.S. Code
205.6-205.10 [Reserved]
Subpart B—Service of Process
205.11 Scope and purpose
205.12 Process served on the Register of Copyrights or an employee in his or her official capacity
205.13 Complaints served on the Register of Copyrights pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 411(a)
205.14 Court requests to the Register of Copyrights pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 411(b)(2)
205.15 Court notices to the Register of Copyrights pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 508.
205.16-205.20 [Reserved]
Subpart C—Testimony By Employees and Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings in Which the Office Is Not a Party
205.21 Scope and purpose
205.22 Production of documents and testimony
205.23 Scope of testimony
205.24 Ex Parte communications in informal rulemakings