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Civil Code § 983

CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 983Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 574, Sec. 5.

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.