§ 1311. — Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC1311]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 13--PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Sec. 1311. Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country
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.
(Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat.
2910.)
