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Vessel designs are protected pursuant to the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act of 1998 (“VHDPA”), as amended by the Vessel Hull Design Protection Amendments of 2008, and codified as Chapter 13 of the Copyright Act.  \n1302 Vessel Design Protection Distinguished from Copyright Protection  \nVessel design protection is not a form of copyright protection. Congress enacted the VHDPA to provide a new, separate form of special protection for vessel designs in response to the needs of the boat industry, not as an amendment to the copyright law. The legal requirements for vessel design protection differ from those for copyright protection in terms of eligibility for protection, ownership rights, registration  \nprocedures, term of protection, and remedies for rights violations.  \nVessel designs—the overall shape and form of a water craft’s deck or hull—are ~~useful articles~~useful articles and, as such, cannot be protected by copyright law. See Section  \n1303.7. Ornamental two-and three-dimensional decorations on or in the surfaces ofthe deck or hull might be copyrightable, but the deck and hull themselves are not.  \nChapter 13 of Title 17 does not provide, extend, or limit copyright protection for drawings, models, or statuaries of vessels. For more information on protection for ornamental designs, drawings, and other visual arts works, see Chapter 900 . For a general discussion of useful articles, see Chapter 900, Section 924 .  \n1303 Definitions  \n1303.1 Deck  \nA “deck” is “the horizontal surface of a vessel that covers the hull, including exterior cabin and cockpit surfaces, and exclusive of masts, sails, yards, rigging, hardware, fixtures, and other attachments.” 17 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(7) .  \n1303.2 Hull  \nA “hull” is “the exterior frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of the deck, superstructure, masts, sails, yards, rigging, hardware, fixtures, and other attachments.”.” 17 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(4) .  \n1303.3 Make Public  \nA vessel design is made public “when an existing useful article embodying the design is anywhere publicly exhibited, publicly distributed, or offered for sale or sold to the public by the owner of the design or with the owner’s consent.” 17 U.S.C. § 1310(b) .  \n1303.4 Mold  \nA “mold” is “a matrix or form in which a substance for material is used, regardless of whether the matrix or form has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not only to portray the appearance of the product or to convey information.” 17 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(6) .  \n1303.5 Original  \nA vessel design is “original” if “it is the result of the designer’s creative endeavor that provides a distinguishable variation over prior work pertaining to similar articles which is more than trivial and has not been copied from another source.” 17 U.S.C. §  \n1301(b)(1) .  \n1303.6 Plug  \nA “plug” is “a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication, regardless of whether the device or model has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not only to portray the appearance of the product or to convey information.” 17 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(5) .  \n1303.7 Useful Article  \nA “useful article” is “a vessel hull or deck, including a plug or mold, 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 part of a useful article shall be deemed to be a useful article.” 17 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(2) .  \n1303.8 Vessel  \nA vessel is “a craft that is designed and capable of independently steering a course on or through water through its own means of propulsion; and that is designed and capable of carrying and transporting one or more passengers.” 17 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(3) .  \n1304 Protectabl","cbCaimA398WTTJbO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimA398WTTJbO","pdf",744650,17,"English","# 1301 What This Chapter Covers\n# 1302 Vessel Design Protection Distinguished from Copyright Protection\n# 1303 Definitions\n## 1303.1 Deck\n## 1303.2 Hull\n## 1303.3 Make Public\n## 1303.4 Mold\n## 1303.5 Original\n## 1303.6 Plug\n## 1303.7 Useful Article\n## 1303.8 Vessel\n# 1304 Protectable Vessel Designs\n## 1304.1 Originality Requirement\n## 1304.2 Fixation Requirement\n## 1304.3 Revision, Adaptation, or Rearrangement\n## 1304.4 Registration Requirement and Making Public Requirement","[{\"question\":\"What does Chapter 1300 cover regarding vessel designs?\",\"answer\":\"It describes U.S. Copyright Office practices and procedures for examining and registering claims to vessel designs and recording related documents. 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