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DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY 946-998›TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.]›CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind 980-989

§ 983

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

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

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