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[CITE: 17USC909]

 
                          TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
 
          CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 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, Sec. 302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3352; 
amended Pub. L. 105-80, Sec. 12(a)(22), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1535.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-80 substituted `` `mask work', the 
symbol'' for `` `mask force', the sumbol''.