Title 17 — CopyrightsRelease 119-73not60
§1314 Certification of Registration
Title 17 › Chapter 13— PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS › § 1314
Summary
The Office issues a registration certificate in the name of the United States, seals it, and records it in its official files. The certificate gives the item's name, the application filing date, the registration date, any earlier public‑release date, a picture of the design, and a short description if one was filed. Courts must accept the certificate as basic proof of the facts it lists.
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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 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60