{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-354.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 354.3","heading":"Register of Copyrights' authority to redesignate referrals.","body":"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.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER III—COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","SUBCHAPTER B—COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES RULES AND PROCEDURES","PART 354—SUBMISSIONS TO THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS"],"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":"6a33078d94332601d831ba258c9b593cbe9862650bb23943f4e607aa49e00f40","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-354.2","next":"us/37-cfr-355.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}