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Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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title: "17 U.S.C. § 1311"
description: "Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country"
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title_number: 17
title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
chapter_number: "13"
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS"
section: "1311"
citation: "17 U.S.C. § 1311"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 17 U.S.C. § 1311 - Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country
## Text
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, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2910.)