§ 1305. — Term of protection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC1305]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 13--PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Sec. 1305. Term of protection
(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, Sec. 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat.
2907.)
