(2) any right under the trademark laws or any right protected against
unfair competition.

Section 1331. Administrator; Office of the Administrator

In this chapter, the "Administrator" is the Register of Copyrights, and
the "Office of the Administrator" and the "Office" refer to the
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.

Section 1332. No retroactive effect

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.

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Chapter 13 Endnotes

1 In 1998, the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act added chapter 13,
entitled "Protection of Original Designs," to title 17. Pub. L. No.
105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2905. The Vessel Hull Design Protection Act is
title V of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304,
112 Stat. 2860.

2 The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 amended section
1301(b)(3) in its entirety. Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app. I
at 1501A-593.

3 In 1999, section 1302(5) was amended to substitute "2 years" in lieu
of "1 year." Pub. L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221, 222.

4 The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 amended section
1313(c) by adding at the end thereof the last sentence, which begins
"Costs of the cancellation procedure." Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat.
1501, app. I at 1501A-594.

5 In 1999, section 1320 was amended to change the spelling in the
heading of subsection (c) from "acknowledgement" to "acknowledgment."
Pub. L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221, 222.

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Appendix I. Transitional and Supplementary Provisions of the
Copyright Act of 1976 [1]

Sec. 102. This Act becomes effective on January 1, 1978, except as
otherwise expressly provided by this Act, including provisions of the
first section of this Act. The provisions of sections 118, 304(b), and
chapter 8 of title 17, as amended by the first section of this Act, take
effect upon enactment of this Act.

Sec. 103. This Act does not provide copyright protection for any work
that goes into the public domain before January 1, 1978. The exclusive
rights, as provided by section 106 of title 17 as amended by the first
section of this Act, to reproduce a work in phonorecords and to
distribute phonorecords of the work, do not extend to any nondramatic
musical work copyrighted before July 1, 1909.

Sec.