FEDERAL · 17 U.S.C. · Chapter 9
Exclusive rights in mask works
17 U.S.C. § 905
Title17 — Copyrights
Chapter9 — PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS
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17 U.S.C. § 905.
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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).
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History
(Added Pub. L. 98–620, title III, §302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3350.)
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