Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987

Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to provide for the protection of industrial designs of useful articles, with specified exceptions. States that protection for a design shall be available for subject matter usually excluded if the design is a substantial modification of such subject matter.

Sets the term of protection at ten years.

Requires the design to be marked with a design notice when it is made public. States that omission of such notice shall not cause loss of protection or prevent recovery for infringement against any person who receives written notice of the protection.

Specifies the criteria for determination of infringement of a protected design.

Provides that protection of a design shall be lost if application for registration is not made within one year after the date on which the design is first made public.

Specifies the ownership and transfer rights of designs subject to protection.

Provides remedies for infringement of a registered design.

Prescribes penalties for fraudulent registration, false marking, and false representation of any design.

Provides protection of a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work in which copyright subsists if such work is utilized in an original design of a useful article.