Designs protected
+ 1302. Designs not subject to protection
+ 1303. Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
+ 1304. Commencement of protection
+ 1305. Term of protection
+ 1306. Design notice
+ 1307. Effect of omission of notice
+ 1308. Exclusive rights
+ 1309. Infringement
+ 1310. Application for registration
+ 1311. Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country
+ 1312. Oaths and acknowledgments
+ 1313. Examination of application and issue or refusal of
registration
+ 1314. Certification of registration
+ 1315. Publication of announcements and indexes
+ 1316. Fees
+ 1317. Regulations
+ 1318. Copies of records
+ 1319. Correction of errors in certificates
+ 1320. Ownership and transfer
+ 1321. Remedy for infringement
+ 1322. Injunctions
+ 1323. Recovery for infringement
+ 1324. Power of court over registration
+ 1325. Liability for action on registration fraudulently obtained
+ 1326. Penalty for false marking
+ 1327. Penalty for false representation
+ 1328. Enforcement by Treasury and Postal Service
+ 1329. Relation to design patent law
+ 1330. Common law and other rights unaffected
+ 1331. Administrator; Office of the Administrator
+ 1332. No retroactive effect

Section 1301. Designs protected [3]

(a) Designs Protected.

(1) In General. The designer or other owner of an original design of a
useful article which makes the article attractive or distinctive in
appearance to the purchasing or using public may secure the protection
provided by this chapter upon complying with and subject to this
chapter.

(2) Vessel Hulls. The design of a vessel hull, including a plug or mold,
is subject to protection under this chapter, notwithstanding section
1302(4).

(b) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms
have the following meanings:

(1) A design is "original" if it is the result of the designer's
creative endeavor that provides a distinguishable variation over prior
work pertaining to similar articles which is more than merely trivial
and has not been copied from another source.

(2) A "useful article" is a vessel hull, including a plug or mold, which
in normal use has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely
to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. An
article which normally is part of a useful article shall be deemed to be
a useful article.

(3) A "vessel" i