{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-983","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 983","heading":"","body":"If the owner of any invention or design intentionally makes it public, a copy or reproduction may be made public by any person, without responsiblily to the owner, so far as the law of this state is concerned.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY [946. - 998.]","TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.]","CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind [980. - 989.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ff088536bdef3358ada858a0a5a87a56253c6f5cb318759a4fca86d4d124e11a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-982","next":"us-ca/civ-984"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}