Title 17
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Title 17
Title 17
PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS
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Definitions
Subject matter of protection
Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation
Duration of protection
Exclusive rights in mask works
Limitation on exclusive rights: reverse engineering; first sale
Limitation on exclusive rights: innocent infringement
Registration of claims of protection
Mask work notice
Enforcement of exclusive rights
Civil actions
Relation to other laws
Transitional provisions
International transitional provisions