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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 904. Duration of protection
(a) The protection provided for a mask work under this chapter
shall commence on the date on which the mask work is registered
under section 908, or the date on which the mask work is first
commercially exploited anywhere in the world, whichever occurs
first.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) and the provisions of this chapter,
the protection provided under this chapter to a mask work shall end
ten years after the date on which such protection commences under
subsection (a).
(c) All terms of protection provided in this section shall run to
the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
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