17 U.S.C. § 1308
Exclusive rights
The owner of a design protected under this chapter has the exclusive right to—(1) make, have made, or import, for sale or for use in trade, any useful article embodying that design; and(2) sell or distribute for sale or for use in trade any useful article embodying that design.(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2908.)