---
kind: "unit"
title: "17"
title_heading: "Copyrights"
key: "ch9"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 9"
heading: "Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/17/ch9"
sections_count: 14
---

# Chapter 9 — Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products

Title 17 — Copyrights

## Sections

- [§901. Definitions](/usc/17/901.md)
- [§902. Subject matter of protection](/usc/17/902.md)
- [§903. Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation](/usc/17/903.md)
- [§904. Duration of protection](/usc/17/904.md)
- [§905. Exclusive rights in mask works](/usc/17/905.md)
- [§906. Limitation on exclusive rights: reverse engineering; first sale](/usc/17/906.md)
- [§907. Limitation on exclusive rights: innocent infringement](/usc/17/907.md)
- [§908. Registration of claims of protection](/usc/17/908.md)
- [§909. Mask work notice](/usc/17/909.md)
- [§910. Enforcement of exclusive rights](/usc/17/910.md)
- [§911. Civil actions](/usc/17/911.md)
- [§912. Relation to other laws](/usc/17/912.md)
- [§913. Transitional provisions](/usc/17/913.md)
- [§914. International transitional provisions](/usc/17/914.md)