17 U.S.C. § 1311
Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country
United States · Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS · Status: effective
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- 17 U.S.C. § 1311, Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448593
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An application for registration of a design filed in the United States by any person who has, or whose legal representative or predecessor or successor in title has, previously filed an application for registration of the same design in a foreign country which extends to designs of owners who are citizens of the United States, or to applications filed under this chapter, similar protection to that provided under this chapter shall have that same effect as if filed in the United States on the date on which the application was first filed in such foreign country, if the application in the United States is filed within 6 months after the earliest date on which any such foreign application was filed.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Digital Millennium Copyright ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally