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Semiconductor Chips and Mask Works
The "Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984"
provides a special system of legal protection for original
mask works used in the production of semiconductor chips.
It confers the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute
mask works for a term of 10 years, subject to registration
by the Copyright Office.
The Act also created an incentive for other countries
to provide such protection since its benefits are available
to any foreign national whose home country's laws extend
similar protection to U.S. nationals.
Protection on an interim basis is available to foreign
nationals whose country undertakes good faith efforts to
provide protection for mask works of U.S. nationals. The
Secretary of Commerce, through the Patent and Trademark
Office, determines which countries are entitled to
protection under this Act.