; and (3) if the Copyright Claims Board receives notice that registration has been refused by the Copyright Office, the proceeding shall be dismissed without prejudice. (c) Presumption Where a certificate shows that registration of a work was made before or within 5 years of its first publication, the presumption set forth in section 410(c) of this title shall apply in a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board, in addition to relevant principles of law under this title. (d) To ensure that actions before the Board proceed in a timely manner, the Register of Copyrights shall promulgate regulations providing the Copyright Office with the authority to issue a certificate of registration on an expedited basis. Such regulations shall treat applications for registration certificates pertaining to a proceeding before the Board on an expedited basis and separately from all other applications for certificates of registration, except those applications subject to special handling under 37 CFR 201.15. 1405. Conduct of proceedings (a) In general Proceedings of the Copyright Claims Board shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter and regulations as implemented by the Register of Copyrights, in addition to relevant principles of law under this title. To the extent it appears there may be conflicting judicial precedent on an issue of substantive copyright law that cannot be reconciled, the Copyright Claims Board shall follow the law of the Federal jurisdiction where the action could have been brought if filed in Federal district court, or, if it could have been brought in more than one jurisdiction, the jurisdiction that the Copyright Claims Board determines has the most significant ties to the parties and conduct at issue. (b) Record The Copyright Claims Board shall maintain records documenting the proceedings before it. (c) Centralized process Proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board shall be conducted at the offices of the Copyright Claims Board without the requirement of in-person appearances by parties or