{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"983","citation":"Civ. Code, § 983","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY [946. - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind [980. - 989.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3/title-2/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 574, Sec. 5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If the owner of any invention or design intentionally makes it public, a copy or reproduction may be made public by any person, without responsiblily to the owner, so far as the law of this state is concerned.</p>","text":"If the owner of any invention or design intentionally makes it public, a copy or reproduction may be made public by any person, without responsiblily to the owner, so far as the law of this state is concerned.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/products-of-the-mind-983","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}