17 U.S.C. § 1311 : US Code - Section 1311: Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country

Search 17 U.S.C. § 1311 : US Code - Section 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.