Title 17 — CopyrightsRelease 119-73not60
§1303 Revisions, Adaptations, and Rearrangements
Title 17 › Chapter 13— PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS › § 1303
Summary
A design can be protected under this chapter even if it uses material the chapter normally excludes, as long as the design is a substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of that material. That protection is separate from any protection that already covers the material used and does not give rights in the excluded parts or expand existing protections.
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Title 17, §1303
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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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17 U.S.C. § 1303
Title 17 — Copyrights
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60