---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 41.8"
title: "37"
number: "41.8"
heading: "Mandatory notices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/41.8"
---

# §41.8. Mandatory notices.

- (a) In an appeal brief (§§ [41.37](/cfr/37/41.37.md), [41.67](/cfr/37/41.67.md), or [41.68](/cfr/37/41.68.md)) or at the initiation of a contested case ([§ 41.101](/cfr/37/41.101.md)), and within 20 days of any change during the proceeding, a party must identify:
  - (1) Its real party-in-interest, and
  - (2) **Each judicial or administrative proceeding that could affect, or be affected by, the Board proceeding.**
- (b) For contested cases, a party seeking judicial review of a Board proceeding must file a notice with the Board of the judicial review within 20 days of the filing of the complaint or the notice of appeal. The notice to the Board must include a copy of the complaint or notice of appeal. See also [§§ 1.301 to 1.304](/cfr/37/1.301..1.304.md) of this title.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3(a)(2)(A), 21, 23, 32, 41, 134, 135, and Public Law 112-29.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, unless otherwise noted.