Title 17 — CopyrightsRelease 119-73
§1314 Certification of registration
Title 17 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS › § 1314
Summary
The Office issues a sealed certificate in the name of the United States and records it. The certificate must list the article’s name, filing and registration dates, any earlier public date, include the design picture, and any description from the application, and courts accept it as proof.
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Title 17, §1314
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Certificates of registration shall be issued in the name of the United States under the seal of the Office of the Administrator and shall be recorded in the official records of the Office. The certificate shall state the name of the useful article, the date of filing of the application, the date of registration, and the date the design was made public, if earlier than the date of filing of the application, and shall contain a reproduction of the drawing or other pictorial representation of the design. If a description of the salient features of the design appears in the application, the description shall also appear in the certificate. A certificate of registration shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
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17 U.S.C. § 1314
Title 17 — Copyrights
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73