17 U.S.C. § 1303 : US Code - Section 1303: Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements

Search 17 U.S.C. § 1303 : US Code - Section 1303: Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements

Protection for a design under this chapter shall be available
notwithstanding the employment in the design of subject matter
excluded from protection under section 1302 if the design is a
substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of such subject
matter. Such protection shall be independent of any subsisting
protection in subject matter employed in the design, and shall not
be construed as securing any right to subject matter excluded from
protection under this chapter or as extending any subsisting
protection under this chapter.