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17 U.S.C. § 905

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Exclusive rights in mask works
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Title
17 — Copyrights
Chapter
CH9
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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

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