[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR251.37]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 251--COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANEL RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--Standards of Conduct
 
Sec. 251.37  Use of nonpublic information.

    (a) Unless required by law, no arbitrator shall disclose in any 
manner any information contained in filings, pleadings, or evidence that 
the arbitration panel has ruled to be confidential in nature.
    (b) Unless required by law, no arbitrator shall disclose in any 
manner--
    (1) Intra-panel communications or communications between the Library 
of Congress and the panel intended to be confidential;
    (2) Draft interlocutory rulings or draft decisions; or
    (3) The CARP report before its submission to the Librarian of 
Congress.
    (c) No arbitrator shall engage in a financial transaction using 
nonpublic information, or allow the improper use of nonpublic 
information, to further his or her private interest or that of another, 
whether through advice or recommendation, or by knowing unauthorized 
disclosure.

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