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17 USC Sec. 906 - Limitation on exclusive rights: reverse engineering; first sale
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 905, it is not an
infringement of the exclusive rights of the owner of a mask work
for -
(1) a person to reproduce the mask work solely for the purpose
of teaching, analyzing, or evaluating the concepts or techniques
embodied in the mask work or the circuitry, logic flow, or
organization of components used in the mask work; or
(2) a person who performs the analysis or evaluation described
in paragraph (1) to incorporate the results of such conduct in an
original mask work which is made to be distributed.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 905(2), the owner
of a particular semiconductor chip product made by the owner of the
mask work, or by any person authorized by the owner of the mask
work, may import, distribute, or otherwise dispose of or use, but
not reproduce, that particular semiconductor chip product without
the authority of the owner of the mask work.
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(Added Pub. L. 98-620, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat.
3350.)
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