---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 U.S.C. § 1324"
title: "17"
title_heading: "Copyrights"
number: "1324"
heading: "Power of court over registration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/17/1324"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Protection of Original Designs"
---

# §1324. Power of court over registration


In any action involving the protection of a design under this chapter, the court, when appropriate, may order registration of a design under this chapter or the cancellation of such a registration. Any such order shall be certified by the court to the Administrator, who shall make an appropriate entry upon the record.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2915.)