17 U.S.C. § 1305 : US Code - Section 1305: Term of protection

Search 17 U.S.C. § 1305 : US Code - Section 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.