---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 42.4"
title: "37"
number: "42.4"
heading: "Notice of trial."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/42.4"
---

# §42.4. Notice of trial.

- (a) **Institution of trial.** The Board institutes the trial on behalf of the Director.
- (b) Notice of a trial will be sent to every party to the proceeding. The entry of the notice institutes the trial.
- (c) The Board may authorize additional modes of notice, including:
  - (1) Sending notice to another address associated with the party, or
  - (2) Publishing the notice in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3, 6, 21, 23, 41, 134, 135, 143, 153, 311, 312, 314, 316, 318, 321-326, 328; Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; and Pub. L. 112-274, 126 Stat. 2456.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, unless otherwise noted.