2011 US Code
Title 17 - Copyrights
Chapter 9 - PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS (§§ 901 - 914)
Section 904 - Duration of protection
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, 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. 904 - Duration of protection |
Contains | section 904 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 98-620, title III, §302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3349. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 98 Stat. 3349 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 98-620 |
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(a) The protection provided for a mask work under this chapter shall commence on the date on which the mask work is registered under section 908, or the date on which the mask work is first commercially exploited anywhere in the world, whichever occurs first.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) and the provisions of this chapter, the protection provided under this chapter to a mask work shall end ten years after the date on which such protection commences under subsection (a).
(c) All terms of protection provided in this section shall run to the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
(Added Pub. L. 98–620, title III, §302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3349.)
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