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. [Blacks Law 8th]