17 USC § 1330 - Common law and other rights unaffected

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title: "17 USC § 1330 - Common law and other rights unaffected"
title_number: 17
title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
section_number: "1330"
section_name: "Common law and other rights unaffected"
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. 2916.)"
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# § 1330. Common law and other rights unaffected

Nothing in this chapter shall annul or limit—

**(1)** common law or other rights or remedies, if any, available to or held by any person with respect to a design which has not been registered under this chapter; or

**(2)** any right under the trademark laws or any right protected against unfair competition.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2916.)