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[CITE: 17USC1330]

 
                          TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
 
               CHAPTER 13--PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
 
Sec. 1330. Common law and other rights unaffected

    Nothing in this chapter shall annul or limit--
        (1) common law or other rights or remedies, if any, available to 
    or held by any person with respect to a design which has not been 
    registered under this chapter; or
        (2) any right under the trademark laws or any right protected 
    against unfair competition.

(Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2916.)