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17 U.S.C. § 901

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17 U.S.C. § 901, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448545
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As used in this chapter— a “semiconductor chip product” is the final or intermediate form of any product— a “mask work” is a series of related images, however fixed or encoded—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 98-620(H.R. 6163)1984-11-08
    Federal District Court Organization Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally