Integrated Circuit Topography Act
- Integrated Circuit Topography Act
The Integrated Circuit Topography Act ("An Act to provide for the protection of integrated circuit topographies and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof", C-37) is legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1990 that regulates the intellectual property of integrated circuit topographies. It came into force in 1993. The Act provides exclusive rights for the creator of the integrated circuit topography and remedies to deter infringement. The exclusive right is transferable. To receive the exclusive right to an integrated circuit topography the topography must be registered at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Between 1993 and 1999 there were about 38 registrations under the Act.
External links
* [http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/I-14.6/index.html Text of the Act]
* [http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/I-14.6/SOR-93-212/index.html accompanying regulations]
* [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html Report to Canadian Parliament]
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