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1998 U.S. Code
Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Sec. 1303 - Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 17 - COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Sec. 1303 - Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
Containssection 1303
Date1998
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 5, 1999
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 105-304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2906.
Statutes at Large Reference112 Stat. 2906
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 105-304

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§1303. Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements

Protection for a design under this chapter shall be available notwithstanding the employment in the design of subject matter excluded from protection under section 1302 if the design is a substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of such subject matter. Such protection shall be independent of any subsisting protection in subject matter employed in the design, and shall not be construed as securing any right to subject matter excluded from protection under this chapter or as extending any subsisting protection under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2906.)

Termination of Section

For termination of section by section 505 of Pub. L. 105–304, see Effective and Termination Dates note set out under section 1301 of this title.

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