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

§ 984

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If the owner of an invention or design does not make it public, any other person subsequently and originally producing the same thing has the same right therein as the prior inventor, which is exclusive to the same extent against all persons except the prior inventor, or those claiming under him.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 921.)

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