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# 17 U.S.C. § 1330 - Common law and other rights unaffected

## Text

Nothing in this chapter shall annul or limit—

(1) common law or other rights or remedies, if any, available to or held by any person with respect to a design which has not been registered under this chapter; or

(2) any right under the trademark laws or any right protected against unfair competition.

(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2916.)