Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design. 2 the head office of the semiconductor integrated circuits layout design registry shall be at such place as the central government may specify and for the purposes of facilitating the registration of layout designs there may be established at such places as the central government may think fit branch offices of the semiconductor integrated circuits layout design registry. In united states intellectual property law a mask work is a two or three dimensional layout or topography of an integrated circuit i e.
2 the head office of the semiconductor integrated circuits layout design registry shall be at such place as the central government may specify and for the purposes of facilitating the registration of layout designs there may be established at such places as the central government may think fit branch offices of the semiconductor integrated circuits layout design registry. The act further provides that a layout design consisting of such combination of elements and interconnections that are commonly known among creators of layout designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits shall be considered as original if such combination taken as a whole is the result of its creator s intellectual efforts. The semiconductor integrated circuits layout design act 2000 provides protection for semiconductor ic layout designs.
Layout design topography means the three dimensional disposition however expressed of the elements at least one of which is an active element and of some or all of the interconnections of an integrated circuit or such a three dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture.
The jurisdiction of this registry is whole of india. List of acts of 2000. The registry as per the guidelines laid down in the semiconductor integrated circuits layout design sicld act 2000 and the semiconductor integrated circuits layout design sicld rules 2001 examines the layout designs of the integrated circuits and. Layout designs of integrated circuits are a field in the protection of intellectual property.
