17 U.S.C. § 1305 — Term of protection
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-304 to r/title-17-COPYRIGHTS · 112 words · no verdicts yet
A design protected under this chapter is protected for 10 years from the start of protection under section 1304. Protection ends at the end of the calendar year in which it would otherwise expire, and all rights then end.
(a) In general. Subject to subsection (b), protection for a design under this chapter lasts 10 years beginning on the date protection starts under section 1304. (b) Expiration. Every protection term under this section runs through the end of the calendar year in which it would otherwise expire. (c) Termination of rights. When protection for a particular design expires or ends under this chapter, all rights under this chapter in that design end, regardless of how many different articles used the design during its protection term.
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.
All terms of protection provided in this section shall run to the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
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.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2907.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-304 · 112 Stat. 2907
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