...brought under this Title. A useful article is defined in Section 101 of the Act as "an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. An article that is normally a part of a useful article is considered a 'useful...

...the provision hereof. (b) For the purpose of this title ( 1 ) A "useful article" is an article which in normal use has an intrinsic utilitarian function...merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. An article which normally is a part of a useful article shall be deemed to be...

...manufacture of the useful article 6. Section 101 of the Act defines a useful article as "an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information." itself," and recommended specifically that "trie distinctions drawn in this...

...would generally be, under the definition in 17 USC section 101, a "useful article": "an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information." Under the definition in section 101 of otherwise protectible "pictorial, graphic,...

...were made in the definitions section of the statute itself. "Useful article" became "an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information."20 That is, "an" took the place of "sole." That definition, which must be read...

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...protected without the 3 See 17 USC sec. 101 (1978) (definition of "useful article"): "an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information." 4 HR REP. NO. 1476, 94th Oong. , 2d Sess. 55 (1976). 218 xviil need for a separability...

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...from another source." A "useful article" is defined in section looi(b)(l) as an article which normally has an "intrinsic utilitarian function that is not...merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information." We believe that glass has an "intrinsic utilitarian function." Whether used...

...similar paokaging. The text of HR 1790, for example, defines a "useful article" as "an article which is normal use has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray - 14 the appearance of the article or to convey information." While the latter half of that definition...