2015 US Code
Title 17 - Copyrights (Sections 101 - 1332)
Chapter 13 - Protection of Original Designs (Sections 1301 - 1332)
Sec. 1305 - Term of protection
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS Sec. 1305 - Term of protection |
| Contains | section 1305 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2907. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 112 Stat. 2907 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 105-304 |
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(a) In General.—Subject to subsection (b), the protection provided under this chapter for a design shall continue for a term of 10 years beginning on the date of the commencement of protection under section 1304.
(b) Expiration.—All terms of protection provided in this section shall run to the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
(c) Termination of Rights.—Upon expiration or termination of protection in a particular design under this chapter, all rights under this chapter in the design shall terminate, regardless of the number of different articles in which the design may have been used during the term of its protection.
(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2907.)
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