17 USC § 1308 - Exclusive rights

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title: "17 USC § 1308 - Exclusive rights"
title_number: 17
title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
section_number: "1308"
section_name: "Exclusive rights"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2908.)"
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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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2908.)