; and (B) after the expiration of a period of 30 months beginning on the first day on which any such component part is first offered to the public for sale as part of a motor vehicle in any country, it shall not be an act of infringement of the design patent to use or sell within the United States any article of manufacture that is similar or the same in appearance to the component part that is claimed in the design patent if the purpose of the article of manufacture is for the repair of a motor vehicle so as to restore the motor vehicle to the appearance of the motor vehicle as originally manufactured. . 3. Conforming amendment Section 289 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking Whoever and inserting the following: (a) In general Whoever ; (2) in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking Nothing and inserting the following: (c) Relationship to other remedies Nothing ; and (3) by inserting after subsection (a), as so designated, the following: (b) Inapplicability This section shall not apply to an act described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) if that act would not be considered an act of infringement under section 271(j) . 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any patent issued, or application for patent filed, before, on, or after that effective date.