FEDERAL · 17 U.S.C. · Chapter 9

Exclusive rights in mask works

17 U.S.C. § 905
Title17Copyrights
Chapter9 — PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS

This text of 17 U.S.C. § 905 (Exclusive rights in mask works) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
17 U.S.C. § 905.

Text

The owner of a mask work provided protection under this chapter has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:

(1)to reproduce the mask work by optical, electronic, or any other means;
(2)to import or distribute a semiconductor chip product in which the mask work is embodied; and
(3)to induce or knowingly to cause another person to do any of the acts described in paragraphs (1) and (2).

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Related

Brooktree Corporation, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
977 F.2d 1555 (Federal Circuit, 1993)
178 case citations
Altera Corp. v. Clear Logic, Inc.
424 F.3d 1079 (Ninth Circuit, 2005)
72 case citations
Brooktree Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
705 F. Supp. 491 (S.D. California, 1988)
1 case citations

Source Credit

History

(Added Pub. L. 98–620, title III, §302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3350.)

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
17 U.S.C. § 905, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/usc/17/905.