Layout-Design Of An Integrated Circuit Basic

LAYOUT-DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BASIC

DEFINITION OF LAYOUT-DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

A layout-design of an integrated circuit is the three-dimensional disposition of the elements of an integrated circuit and some or all of the interconnections of the integrated circuit or such three-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture.

Qualification for Protection of Layout-Design

It is original, i.e. the result of its creator’s own intellectual effort and not commonplace among creators and manufacturers of integrated circuit;
It has been fixed in a material form or incorporated into an integrated circuit at the time of its creation;
The right holder of the layout-design is a qualified person.

Right Holder Of Layout-Design

The creator;
The person who commissioned the layout-design if it is created in pursuance of a commission;
The employer if the layout-design is created by an employee in the course of his employment.

Legal Rights of Right Holder of Layout-Design

The rightholder have rights to reproduce and to authorize the reproduction of his protected layout-design;
To commercially exploit and to authorize the commercial exploitation of :
- His protected layout-design;
- An integrated circuit in which the layout-design is incorporated; or
- An article that contains an integrated circuit in which the layout-design is incorporated.