§ 912. — Relation to other laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC912]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS
Sec. 912. Relation to other laws
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect any right or remedy held by
any person under chapters 1 through 8 or 10 of this title, or under
title 35.
(b) Except as provided in section 908(b) of this title, references
to ``this title'' or ``title 17'' in chapters 1 through 8 or 10 of this
title shall be deemed not to apply to this chapter.
(c) The provisions of this chapter shall preempt the laws of any
State to the extent those laws provide any rights or remedies with
respect to a mask work which are equivalent to those rights or remedies
provided by this chapter, except that such preemption shall be effective
only with respect to actions filed on or after January 1, 1986.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), nothing in this chapter shall
detract from any rights of a mask work owner, whether under Federal law
(exclusive of this chapter) or under the common law or the statutes of a
State, heretofore or hereafter declared or enacted, with respect to any
mask work first commercially exploited before July 1, 1983.
(Added Pub. L. 98-620, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3354;
amended Pub. L. 100-702, title X, Sec. 1020(b), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat.
4672; Pub. L. 102-563, Sec. 3(c), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4248.)
Amendments
1992--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102-563 inserted ``or 10'' after
``8''.
1988--Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 100-702 redesignated subsec. (e) as
(d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: ``The
provisions of sections 1338, 1400(a), and 1498(b) and (c) of title 28
shall apply with respect to exclusive rights in mask works under this
chapter.''
