duality of art

duality of art. Copyright. The twofold nature of applied art as both functional and aesthetic. • The United States takes a duality-of-art approach to copyright, protecting applied art only when the item could stand alone as an identifiable work of art even if it did not perform the function it was designed to do. — Also termed noncumulative approach. Cf. UNITY OF ART.

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词条贡献者

译员黎川，在一家顶尖澳洲律师事务所的上海办公室担任全职法律翻译，擅长翻译涉及工业与制造业领域的法律文件。