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No, and they would never let this happen, even if it was a thing. Publishers would simply push out some quick, garbage product for whatever IP they were about to forfeit, and reset the clock. Not unlike what Fox did with their last Fantastic Four movie, to keep it from reverting back to Marvel. Companies don't like losing properties they own, even if they are just sitting on them.