---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 U.S.C. § 1332"
title: "17"
title_heading: "Copyrights"
number: "1332"
heading: "No retroactive effect"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/17/1332"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Protection of Original Designs"
---

# §1332. No retroactive effect


Protection under this chapter shall not be available for any design that has been made public under [section 1310(b)](/usc/17/1310.md?p=b) before the effective date of this chapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2916.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The effective date of this chapter, referred to in text, is Oct. 28, 1998. See Effective Date note set out under section 1301 of this title.