2010 US Code
Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS
Sec. 909 - Mask work notice
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS Sec. 909 - Mask work notice |
| Contains | section 909 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 98-620, title III, §302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3352; amended Pub. L. 105-80, §12(a)(22), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1535. |
| Statutes at Large References | 98 Stat. 3352 111 Stat. 1535 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 98-620, Public Law 105-80 |
§909. Mask work notice
(a) The owner of a mask work provided protection under this chapter may affix notice to the mask work, and to masks and semiconductor chip products embodying the mask work, in such manner and location as to give reasonable notice of such protection. The Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation, as examples, specific methods of affixation and positions of notice for purposes of this section, but these specifications shall not be considered exhaustive. The affixation of such notice is not a condition of protection under this chapter, but shall constitute prima facie evidence of notice of protection.
(b) The notice referred to in subsection (a) shall consist of—
(1) the words “mask work”, the symbol *M*, or the symbol (M) (the letter M in a circle); and
(2) the name of the owner or owners of the mask work or an abbreviation by which the name is recognized or is generally known.
(Added Pub. L. 98–620, title III, §302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3352; amended Pub. L. 105–80, §12(a)(22), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1535.)
Amendments1997—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–80 substituted “ ‘mask work’, the symbol” for “ ‘mask force’, the sumbol”.
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