Section 904. Duration of protection
(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.
Section 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).
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