{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-228.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 228.1","heading":"Claimant or counterclaimant's failure to complete service.","body":"(a) Failure to serve a respondent who is not a necessary party. If a claimant fails to timely complete service on a respondent who is not a necessary party, pursuant to § 222.14 of this subchapter, the Copyright Claims Board (Board) shall dismiss that respondent from the proceeding without prejudice. The proceeding shall continue against any remaining respondents.\n(b) Failure to serve a respondent who is a necessary party. If a claimant fails to timely complete service on a respondent who is a necessary party, pursuant to § 222.14 of this subchapter, the Board shall dismiss the proceeding without prejudice.\n(c) Complete failure to serve respondents. For a claim to proceed, a claimant must complete service on at least one respondent. If a claimant does not timely file any proof of service, the Board shall dismiss the proceeding without prejudice.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER II—U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","SUBCHAPTER B—COPYRIGHT CLAIMS BOARD AND PROCEDURES","PART 228—CLAIMANT'S FAILURE TO PROCEED"],"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":"93f5c79ce16d7ac30e2afe5ab26956a81c6499e6de701cd18fe4d1048463e540","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-227.5","next":"us/37-cfr-228.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}