BS
Boise Standard
Treasure Valley · AI Directory
17 U.S.C. · Copyrights
17 U.S.C. § 1302

Designs not subject to protection

Ch. 13 — PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Title 17 U.S.C. ● ACTIVE Primary Source Ch. 13
Statutory Text

17 U.S.C. § 1302 — Designs not subject to protection

U.S.C. Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS 17 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS Sec. 1302 - Designs not subject to protection From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§1302. Designs not subject to protection

Protection under this chapter shall not be available for a design that is— (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace, such as a standard geometric figure, a familiar symbol, an emblem, or a motif, or another shape, pattern, or configuration which has become standard, common, prevalent, or ordinary; (3) different from a design excluded by paragraph (2) only in insignificant details or in elements which are variants commonly used in the relevant trades; (4) dictated solely by a utilitarian function of the article that embodies it; or (5) embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner in the United States or a foreign country more than 2 years before the date of the application for registration under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2906; amended Pub. L. 106–44, §1(f)(1), Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 222.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments 1999—Par. (5). Pub. L. 106–44 substituted "2 years" for "1 year".

Source: uscode.house.gov — public domain Official Source ↗
Root-LD Entity Data
◈ Machine-Readable Provenance Record Root-LD v1.0 · boisestandard.org
Federation ID
BS-USC17-SEC-1FE740
Entity Class
STATUTE / FEDERAL-CODE-SECTION
Domain Signature
boisestandard.org
Citation
17 U.S.C. § 1302
Jurisdiction
Federal — United States
Status
✓ ACTIVE
Source
PRIMARY-SOURCE
Source Verified
✓ TRUE
Content Hash
2a4de32aba4dccf4...
Semantic Edges
Pending — corpus passes queued
The statutory text of 17 U.S.C. § 1302 is reproduced from the official United States Code as published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov).
Navigate Corpus — Title 17
← 17 U.S.C. § 1301 17 U.S.C. § 1303 →
Ch. 13 — PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
17 U.S.C. § 130117 U.S.C. § 130217 U.S.C. § 130317 U.S.C. § 130417 U.S.C. § 130517 U.S.C. § 130617 U.S.C. § 130717 U.S.C. § 130817 U.S.C. § 130917 U.S.C. § 131017 U.S.C. § 131117 U.S.C. § 131217 U.S.C. § 131317 U.S.C. § 131417 U.S.C. § 131517 U.S.C. § 131617 U.S.C. § 131717 U.S.C. § 131817 U.S.C. § 131917 U.S.C. § 132017 U.S.C. § 132117 U.S.C. § 132217 U.S.C. § 132317 U.S.C. § 132417 U.S.C. § 132517 U.S.C. § 132617 U.S.C. § 132717 U.S.C. § 132817 U.S.C. § 132917 U.S.C. § 1330
17 U.S.C. — public domain ← All Legislation
◈ Provenance
boisestandard.org → United States → Law → U.S. Code → Title 17 → 17 U.S.C. § 1302