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== Semiconductor Chip Protection Act ==
 
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The '''owner''' of a [[mask work]] is
In [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000901----000-.html Section 901] of the [[1976 Copyright Act|U.S. copyright law]], "the '''owner''' of a [[mask work]] is the person who created the [[mask work]], the legal representative of that person if that person is deceased or under a legal incapacity, or a party to whom all the rights under this chapter of such person or representative are transferred in accordance with section 903(b); except that, in the case of a work made within the scope of a person’s employment, the owner is the employer for whom the person created the [[mask work]] or a party to whom all the rights under this chapter of the employer are transferred in accordance with section 903(b)."<ref>17 U.S.C. §901(a)(6).</ref>
 
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{{Quote|the person who created the [[mask work]], the legal representative of that person if that person is deceased or under a legal incapacity, or a party to whom all the rights under this chapter of such person or representative are transferred in accordance with section 903(b); except that, in the case of a work made within the scope of a person's employment, the owner is the employer for whom the person created the [[mask work]] or a party to whom all the rights under this chapter of the [[employer]] are transferred in accordance with section 903(b)."<ref>17 U.S.C. §901(a)(6).</ref>}}
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 03:46, 21 March 2013

Security

An owner is an entities responsible for day-to-day operation and investment in a particular asset or system.[1]

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act

The owner of a mask work is

the person who created the mask work, the legal representative of that person if that person is deceased or under a legal incapacity, or a party to whom all the rights under this chapter of such person or representative are transferred in accordance with section 903(b); except that, in the case of a work made within the scope of a person's employment, the owner is the employer for whom the person created the mask work or a party to whom all the rights under this chapter of the employer are transferred in accordance with section 903(b)."[2]

References

  1. National Infrastructure Protection Plan, at 110.
  2. 17 U.S.C. §901(a)(6).

See also