LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of October 29, 1999 No. 655-XIV

About protection of topografiya of integrated circuits

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

This law regulates legal protection of topografiya of integrated circuits, and also the property and personal non-property relations arising in the course of creation and use of such schemes.

Article 1. Object of protection

(1) the integrated circuit is understood as the product in final or intermediate shape intended for accomplishment of function of the electronic scheme in which elements, at least one of which is active and their interrelations are fully or partially unseparably created in the case or on surface of material object.

(2) As topography (configuration) of the integrated circuit (further - topography) it is understood three-dimensional, in whatever form it was expressed, arrangement of some elements, at least one of which is active, and all or some interrelations of the integrated circuit or the same three-dimensional arrangement prepared for the integrated circuit intended for production.

(3) the Right to topography is recognized and protected in the territory of the Republic of Moldova by means of registration of topography in the State agency on intellectual property (further - the Agency) on the conditions provided by this law and issues of the registration certificate.

(4) are protected by the Law topography, being original, that is created as a result of intellectual efforts of creators if for date of creation they were not known to creators of topografiya and producers of integrated circuits.

(5) the Topography consisting of set of the known elements and interrelations can be protected only if this set in general is original according to part provisions (4) this Article.

(6) the Topography is recognized original if opposite is not proved.

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