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Code · U.S. Code · Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS · CHAPTER 13— PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS · § 1332

§ 1332. No retroactive effect

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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, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2916.)
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§ 1332
No retroactive effect
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