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17 U.S.C. § 1509 — Relationship to other district court actions
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**(a) Stay of District Court Proceedings.—** Subject to section 1507(b), a district court of the United States shall issue a stay of proceedings or such other relief as the court determines appropriate with respect to any claim brought before the court that is already the subject of a pending or active proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board.
**(b) Alternative Dispute Resolution Process.—** A proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board under this chapter shall qualify as an alternative dispute resolution process under [section 651 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section651&num=0&edition=prelim) for purposes of referral of eligible cases by district courts of the United States upon the consent of the parties.
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**(a) Stay of District Court Proceedings.—** Subject to section 1507(b), a district court of the United States shall issue a stay of proceedings or such other relief as the court determines appropriate with respect to any claim brought before the court that is already the subject of a pending or active proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board.
**(b) Alternative Dispute Resolution Process.—** A proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board under this chapter shall qualify as an alternative dispute resolution process under [section 651 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section651&num=0&edition=prelim) for purposes of referral of eligible cases by district courts of the United States upon the consent of the parties.
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**(a) Definition.—** For purposes of this chapter, an alternative dispute resolution process includes any process or procedure, other than an adjudication by a presiding judge, in which a neutral third party participates to assist in the resolution of issues in controversy, through processes such as early neutral evaluation, mediation, minitrial, and arbitration as provided in sections 654 through 658.
**(b) Authority.—** Each United States district court shall authorize, by local rule adopted under section 2071(a), the use of alternative dispute resolution processes in all civil actions, including adversary proceedings in bankruptcy, in accordance with this chapter, except that the use of arbitration may be authorized only as provided in section 654. Each United States district court shall devise and implement its own alternative dispute resolution program, by local rule adopted under section 2071(a), to encourage and promote the use of alternative dispute resolution in its district.
**(c) Existing Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs.—** In those courts where an alternative dispute resolution program is in place on the date of the enactment of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998, the court shall examine the effectiveness of that program and adopt such improvements to the program as are consistent with the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
**(d) Administration of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs.—** Each United States district court shall designate an employee, or a judicial officer, who is knowledgeable in alternative dispute resolution practices and processes to implement, administer, oversee, and evaluate the court’s alternative dispute resolution program. Such person may also be responsible for recruiting, screening, and training atto
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TITLE 17—COPYRIGHTS
§ 1511
1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by ‘‘the’’.
§ 1509. Relationship to other district court ac-
tions
(a) STAY
OF DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS.—
Subject to section 1507(b), a district court of the
United States shall issue a stay of proceedings
or such other relief as the court determines ap-
propriate with respect to any claim brought be-
fore the court that is already the subject of a
pending or active proceeding before the Copy-
right Claims Board.
(b) ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROC-
ESS.—A proceeding before the Copyright Claims
Board under this chapter shall qualify as an al-
ternative dispute resolution process under sec-
tion 651 of title 28 for purposes of referral of eli-
gible cases by district courts of the United
States upon the consent of the parties.
(Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(b),
Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2198.)
§ 1510. Implementation by Copyright Office
(a) REGULATIONS.—
(1) IMPLEMENTATION
GENERALLY.—The Reg-
ister of Copyrights shall establish regulations
to carry out this chapter. Such regulations
shall include the fees prescribed under sub-
sections (e) and (x) of section 1506. The author-
ity to issue such fees shall not limit the au-
thority of the Register of Copyrights to estab-
lish fees for services under section 708. All fees
received by the Copyright Office in connection
with the activities under this chapter shall be
deposited by the Register of Copyrights and
credited to the appropriations for necessary
expenses of the Office in accordance with sec-
tion 708(d). In establishing regulations under
this subsection, the Register of Copyrights
shall provide for the efficient administration
of the Copyright Claims Board, and for the
ability of the Copyright
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