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Design Copyright Explained

Copyright Office logo fo Dana Shultz post about design copyrightMany people are familiar with copyrights for literary and musical works, movies, and the like. This post is about a different type of copyright, the design copyright.

Title 17, Chapter 13 of the United States Code contains the relevant statutes.

Design Copyright Elements

17 USC Section 1301(a)(1) identifies the basic elements of a design copyright (emphasis added): (more…)