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[CITE: 17USC1306]

 
                          TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
 
               CHAPTER 13--PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
 
Sec. 1306. Design notice

    (a) Contents of Design Notice.--(1) Whenever any design for which 
protection is sought under this chapter is made public under section 
1310(b), the owner of the design shall, subject to the provisions of 
section 1307, mark it or have it marked legibly with a design notice 
consisting of--
        (A) the words ``Protected Design'', the abbreviation ``Prot'd 
    Des.'', or the letter ``D'' with a circle, or the symbol ``*D*'';
        (B) the year of the date on which protection for the design 
    commenced; and
        (C) the name of the owner, an abbreviation by which the name can 
    be recognized, or a generally accepted alternative designation of 
    the owner.

Any distinctive identification of the owner may be used for purposes of 
subparagraph (C) if it has been recorded by the Administrator before the 
design marked with such identification is registered.
    (2) After registration, the registration number may be used instead 
of the elements specified in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1).
    (b) Location of Notice.--The design notice shall be so located and 
applied as to give reasonable notice of design protection while the 
useful article embodying the design is passing through its normal 
channels of commerce.
    (c) Subsequent Removal of Notice.--When the owner of a design has 
complied with the provisions of this section, protection under this 
chapter shall not be affected by the removal, destruction, or 
obliteration by others of the design notice on an article.

(Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2907.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1307, 1310, 1326 of this 
title.
