Article 6
The Scope of the Protection
(1) [Acts Requiring the Proprietor's Authorization] Any Contracting
Party shall consider unlawful at least the following acts if performed without
the authorization of the holder of the right:
(i) the act of reproducing a protected layout-design (topography)
[in its entirety or a substantial part thereof],
(ii) the act of incorporating a protected layout-design (topography)
[or a substantial part thereof] in a microchip,
(iii) the act of importing, selling or otherwise distributing, for
commercial purposes, a protected layout-design (topography) or a microchip in
which a protected layout-design (topography) is incorporated, irrespective of
whether the microchip is imported, sold or otherwise distributed as part of
some other article or separately.
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