17 U.S.C. § 1303
Section 1303 · Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
This is § 502 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Amended 1 time on record
Protection for a design under this chapter shall be available notwithstanding the employment in the design of subject matter excluded from protection under section 1302 if the design is a substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of such subject matter. Such protection shall be independent of any subsisting protection in subject matter employed in the design, and shall not be construed as securing any right to subject matter excluded from protection under this chapter or as extending any subsisting protection under this chapter.
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Termination of Section
For termination of section by section 505 of Pub. L. 105–304, see Effective and Termination Dates note set out under section 1301 of this title.