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17 U.S.C. § 1308

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Exclusive rights
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Title
17 — Copyrights
Chapter
CH13
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The owner of a design protected under this chapter has the exclusive right to—(1) make, have made, or import, for sale or for use in trade, any useful article embodying that design; and (2) sell or distribute for sale or for use in trade any useful article embodying that design. (Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2908.)

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