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17 USC 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.
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(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.)
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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.''
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