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[CITE: 17USC1332]

 
                          TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
 
               CHAPTER 13--PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
 
Sec. 1332. No retroactive effect

    Protection under this chapter shall not be available for any design 
that has been made public under section 1310(b) before the effective 
date of this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2916.)

                       References in Text

    The effective date of this chapter, referred to in text, is Oct. 28, 
1998. See Effective Date note set out under section 1301 of this title.