---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 11.49"
title: "37"
number: "11.49"
heading: "Burden of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/11.49"
---

# §11.49. Burden of proof.


In a disciplinary proceeding, the OED Director shall have the burden of proving the violation by clear and convincing evidence and a respondent shall have the burden of proving any affirmative defense by clear and convincing evidence.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 73 FR 47689, Aug. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.