[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR205.13]

[Page 599-600]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 205_LEGAL PROCESSES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Service of Process
 
Sec. 205.13  Complaints served on the Register of Copyrights pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 411(a).

    When an action has been instituted pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 411(a) for 
infringement of the copyright of a work for which registration has been 
refused, notice of the institution of the action and a copy of the 
complaint must be served on the Register of Copyrights by sending such 
documents by registered or certified mail to the General Counsel of the 
Copyright Office, GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024-0400, or 
delivery by hand addressed to the General Counsel of the Copyright 
Office and delivered to the Copyright Information Section, U.S. 
Copyright Office, Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, 
Room LM-401, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC. The notice 
must be in the form of a letter that is clearly identified as a 411(a) 
notice. Both the letter and the envelope should state: ``Section 411(a) 
Notice to the Register of Copyrights.'' In compliance with Fed. R. Civ. 
P. Sec. 4(i), a notice of the institution of the action and a copy of

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the complaint must also be served on both the United States Attorney for 
the district in which the action is brought and the United States 
Department of Justice, directed to the Attorney General, Attn: Director 
of Intellectual Property Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20530.

[69 FR 39334, June 30, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 37840, July 2, 2008]