{"data":{"id":"us/17-u.s.c.-1302","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 U.S.C. § 1302","heading":"Designs not subject to protection","body":"Protection under this chapter shall not be available for a design that is—(1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace, such as a standard geometric figure, a familiar symbol, an emblem, or a motif, or another shape, pattern, or configuration which has become standard, common, prevalent, or ordinary; (3) different from a design excluded by paragraph (2) only in insignificant details or in elements which are variants commonly used in the relevant trades; (4) dictated solely by a utilitarian function of the article that embodies it; or (5) embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner in the United States or a foreign country more than 2 years before the date of the application for registration under this chapter.","path":["Title 17—COPYRIGHTS","CHAPTER 13—PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc17@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:47Z","sha256":"d618fb65dfd083bd5a948b27277a483d2cf88ea548e9ca1f54a98650ed0167a3","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/17-u.s.c.-1301","next":"us/17-u.s.c.-1303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}