17 USC 1308 - Exclusive rights

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§ 1308.

Exclusive rights

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.)

cite as: 17 USC 1308