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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