{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-205.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 205.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purpose of this part:\nDemand means an order, subpoena or any other request for documents or testimony for use in a legal proceeding.\nDocument means any record or paper held by the Copyright Office, including, without limitation, official letters, deposits, recordations, registrations, publications, or other material submitted in connection with a claim for registration of a copyrighted work.\nEmployee means any current or former officer or employee of the Copyright Office, as well as any individual subject to the jurisdiction, supervision, or control of the Copyright Office.\nGeneral Counsel, unless otherwise specified, means the General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights or his or her designee.\nLegal proceeding means any pretrial, trial, and post-trial stages of existing or reasonably anticipated judicial or administrative actions, hearings, investigations, or similar proceedings before courts, commissions, boards or other tribunals, foreign or domestic. This phrase includes all phases of discovery as well as responses to formal or informal requests by attorneys or others involved in legal proceedings. This phrase also includes state court proceedings (including grand jury proceedings) and any other state or local legislative and administrative proceedings.\nOffice means the Copyright Office, including any division, section, or operating unit within the Copyright Office.\nOfficial business means the authorized business of the Copyright Office.\nTestimony means a statement in any form, including a personal appearance before a court or other legal tribunal, an interview, a deposition, an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746, a telephonic, televised, or videotaped statement or any response given during discovery or similar proceeding, which response would involve more than the production of documents, including a declaration under 35 U.S.C. 25 or a declaration under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746.\nUnited States means the Federal Government, its departments and agencies, individuals acting on behalf of the Federal Government, and parties to the extent they are represented by the United States.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER II—U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","SUBCHAPTER A—COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES","PART 205—LEGAL PROCESSES","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"24ce1c7a7c91894c5ff89746b595fb71c091a02c831a4fcdd3776003b57ee205","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-204.9","next":"us/37-cfr-205.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}