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SEC. 110. The demand and penalty provisions of section 14 of title 17 as it existed on December 31, 1974, apply to any work in which copyright has been secured by publication with notice of copyright on or before that date, but any deposit and registration made after that date in response to a demand under that section shall be made in accordance with the provisions of title 17 as amended by this title.

SEC. 111. All causes of action that arose under title 17 before January 1, 1975, shall be governed by title 17 as it existed when the cause of action arose.

SEC. 112. If any provision of title 17, as amended by this title, is declared unconsititutional, the validity of the remainder of the title is not affected.

TITLE II-NATIONAL COMMISSION ON NEW TECHNO-
LOGICAL USES OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS

ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF COMMISSION

SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby created in the Library of Congress a 17 National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (hereafter called the Commission).

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(A) in conjunction with automatic systems capable of storing, processing, retrieving, and transferring information, and (B) by various forms of machine reproduction, not including reproduction by or at the request of instructors for use in face-to-face teaching activities; and

(2) the creation of new works by the application or intervention of such automatic systems or machine reproduction.

(c) The Commission shall make recommendations as to such changes in copyright law or procedures that may be necessary to 31 assure for such purposes access to copyrighted works, and to provide

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recognition of the rights of copyright owners.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 202. (a) The Commission shall be composed of thirteen voting members, appointed as follows:

(1) Four members, to be appointed by the President, selected from authors and other copyright owners;

(2) Four members, to be appointed by the President, selected

from users of copyright works;

(3) Four nongovernmental members to be appointed by the President, selected from the public generally;

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(4) The Librarian of Congress.

(b) The President shall appoint a Chairman, and a Vice Chairman who shall act as Chairman in the absence or disability of the Chairman or in the event of a vacancy in that office, from among

the four members selected from the public generally, as provided by clause (3) of subsection (a). The Register of Copyrights shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the Commission.

(c) Seven voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.

(d) Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was 12 made.

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COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS

SEC. 203. (a) Members of the Commission, other than officers or employees of the Federal Government, shall receive compensation at the rate of $100 per day while engaged in the actual performance of Commission duties, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses in connection with such duties.

19 (b) Any members of the Commission who are officers or employees of the Federal Government shall serve on the Commission without compensation, but such members shall be reimbursed for travel, 22 subsistence, and other necessary expenses in connection with the per23 formance of their duties.

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SEC. 204. (a) To assist in its studies, the Commission may appoint a staff which shall be an administrative part of the Library of 27 Congress. The staff shall be headed by an Executive Director, who shall be responsible to the Commission for the Administration of the duties entrusted to the staff.

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(b) The Commission may procure temporary and intermittent 31 services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed $100 per day.

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SEC. 205. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 35 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.

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SEC. 206. (a) Within one year after the first meeting of the Commission it shall submit to the President and the Congress a preliminary report on its activities.

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tions and such proposals for legislation and administrative action as may be necessary to carry out its recommendations.

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(c) In addition to the preliminary report and final report required by this section, the Commission may publish such interim reports as it may determine, including but not limited to consultant's reports, transcripts of testimony, seminar reports, and other Commission 9 findings.

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POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 207. (a) The Commission or, with the authorization of the Commission, any three or more of its members, may, for the purpose of 18 carrying out the provisions of this title, hold hearings, administer oaths, and require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary material.

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(b) With the consent of the Commission, any of its members may hold any meetings, seminars, or conferences considered appropriate to provide a forum for discussion of the problems with which it is dealing.

TERMINATION

SEC. 208. On the sixtieth day after the date of the submission of its final report, the Commission shall terminate and all offices and employment under it shall expire.

TITLE III-PROTECTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS
OF USEFUL ARTICLES

DESIGNS PROTECTED

27 SEC. 301. (a) The author or other proprietor of an original ornamental design of a useful article may secure the protection provided by this title upon complying with and subject to the provisions hereof. (b) For the purposes of this title

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(1) A "useful article" is an article which in normal use has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. An article which normally is a part of a useful article shall be deemed to be a useful article.

(2) The "design of a useful article", hereinafter referred to as a "design", consists of those aspects or elements of the article, including its two-dimensional or three-dimensional features of shape and surface, which make up the appearance of the article.

(3) A design is "ornamental" if it is intended to make the article attractive or distinct in appearance.

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(4) A design is "original" if it is the independent creation of an

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(b) staple or commonplace, such as a standard geometric figure, familiar symbol, emblem, or motif, or other shape, pattern, or configuration which has become common, prevalent, or ordinary; (c) different from a design excluded by subparagraph (b) above only in insignificant details or in elements which are variants commonly used in the relevant trades; or

(d) dictated solely by a utilitarian function of the article that embodies it;

(e) composed of three-dimensional features of shape and surface with respect to men's, women's, and children's apparel, including undergarments and outerwear.

REVISIONS, ADAPTATIONS, AND REARRANGEMENTS

SEC. 303. Protection for a design under this title shall be available 20 notwithstanding the employment in the design of subject matter excluded from protection under section 302, if the design is a substantial 22 revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of said subject matter: Pro23 vided, That such protection shall be available to a design employing 24 subject matter protected under title I of this Act, or title 35 of the 25 United States Code or this title, only if such protected subject matter is employed with the consent of the proprietor thereof. Such pro27 tection shall be independent of any subsisting protection in subject 28 matter employed in the design, and shall not be construed as securing any right to subject matter excluded from protection or as extending 30 any subsisting protection.

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COMMENCEMENT OF PROTECTION

SEC. 304. (a) The protection provided for a design under this title 33 shall commence upon the date when the design is first made public. (b) A design is made public when, by the proprietor of the design or with his consent, an existing useful article embodying the design is anywhere publicly exhibited, publicly distributed, or offered for 37 sale or sold to the public.

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SEC. 305. (a) Subject to the provisions of this title, the protection herein provided for a design shall continue for a term of five years

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from the date of the commencement of protection as provided in section 304 (a), but if a proper application for renewal is received by the Administrator during the year prior to the expiration of the five-year term, the protection herein provided shall be extended for an additional period of five years from the date of expiration of the first five years.

(b) If the design notice actually applied shows a date earlier than the date of the commencement of protection as provided in section 304 (a), protection shall terminate as though the term had commenced at the earlier date.

(c) Where the distinguishing elements of a design are in substantially the same form in a number of different useful articles, the design shall be protected as to all such articles when protected as to one of them, but not more than one registration shall be required. Upon expiration or termination of protection in a particular design as provided in this title all rights under this title in said design shall terminate, regardless of the number of different articles in which the design may have been utilized during the term of its protection.

THE DESIGN NOTICE

SEC. 306. (a) Whenever any design for which protection is sought under this title is made public as provided in section 304 (b), the 22 proprietor shall, subject to the provisions of section 307, mark it or have it marked legibly with a design notice consisting of the following three elements:

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(1) the words "Protected Design", the abbreviation "Prot'd Des." or the letter "D" within a circle, thus D;

(2) the year of the date on which the design was first made public; and

(3) the name of the proprietor, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally accepted alternative designation of the proprietor; any distinctive identification of the proprietor may be used if it has been approved and recorded by the Administrator before the design marked with such identifica34 tion is made public.

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After registration the registration number may be used instead of the elements specified in (2) and (3) hereof.

(b) The notice shall be so located and applied as to give reasonable notice of design protection while the useful article embodying the 39 design is passing through its normal channels of commerce. This re40 quirement may be fulfilled, in the case of sheetlike or strip materials

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