37 C.F.R. § 251.63 Consideration of petition; settlements.
Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
(a) To allow time for the parties to settle their differences concerning cable, phonorecord, and jukebox rate adjustments, the Librarian of Congress shall, after the filing of the petition under §251.62 and before the 45-day period specified in §251.45(b)(2)(i), designate a 30-day period for negotiation of a settlement. The Librarian shall cause notice of the dates for that period to be published in the (b) In the case of a settlement among the parties to a proceeding, the Librarian may, upon the request of the parties, submit the agreed upon rate to the public in a notice-and-comment proceeding. The Librarian may adopt the rate embodied in the proposed settlement without convening an arbitration panel, provided that no opposing comment is received by the Librarian from a party with an intent to participate in a CARP proceeding. [59 FR 63042, Dec. 7, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 37216, July 17, 1996; 61 FR 63718, Dec. 2, 1996]
Title 37: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
PART 251—COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANEL RULES OF PROCEDURE
Subpart F—Rate Adjustment Proceedings
§ 251.63 Consideration of petition; settlements.
