Title 17 of the U.S. Code § 905 - Exclusive rights in mask works
Full text of § 905 from Title 17 of the United States Code.
§ 905. Exclusive rights in mask works
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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