35 U.S.C. § 390 — Publication of international design application

The publication under the treaty of an international design application designating the United States shall be deemed a publication under section 122(b). (Added Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 101(a) , Dec. 18, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1531 .) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date Section effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after Dec. 18, 2012 , or the date that the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the United States ( May 13, 2015 ), and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that effective date and patents issuing thereon, see section 103 of Pub. L. 112–211 , set out as an Effective Date of 2012 Amendment note under section 100 of this title .

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