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2020 US Code
Title 17 - Copyrights
Chapter 13 - Protection of Original Designs
Sec. 1303 - Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements

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Citation 17 U.S.C. § 1303 (2020)
Section Name §1303. Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
Section Text

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.

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Sec. 1303 - Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
Contains section 1303
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 112 Stat. 2906
Public Law References Public Law 105-304
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