17 USC § 905 - Exclusive rights in mask works

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identifier: "/us/usc/t17/s905"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "17 USC § 905 - Exclusive rights in mask works"
title_number: 17
title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
section_number: "905"
section_name: "Exclusive rights in mask works"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–620, title III, § 302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3350.)"
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# § 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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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–620, title III, § 302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3350.)