Please give an example of how to understand the intellectual property rights of integrated circuit layout design.

Please give an example of how to understand the intellectual property rights of integrated circuit layout design as follows:

What is integrated circuit layout design?

Integrated circuit refers to a semiconductor integrated circuit, which uses semiconductor material as a substrate and integrates two or more components, at least one of which is an active component, and some or all of the interconnection lines into the substrate or the substrate. An intermediate product or final product on a chip to perform certain electronic functions. In layman's terms, it is a layout design that determines the geometric arrangement and connection of electronic components in a conductive material used to manufacture integrated circuits.

Integrated circuit layout design is essentially a kind of graphic design, but it is not an industrial design and cannot be protected by patent law; it is neither an expression of a certain idea nor artistic, so It is not included in the works and cannot be protected by copyright law.

Since existing patent laws and copyright laws cannot provide effective protection for integrated circuit layout designs, many countries around the world have passed separate legislation to confirm the exclusive rights of layout designs, that is, to provide other intellectual property protections. , my country has also formulated the "Integrated Circuit Layout Design Protection Regulations" and implementation details. In 1989, the World Intellectual Property Organization adopted the Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property Rights in Integrated Circuits, and my country signed the treaty in 1990.

Integrated circuit layout design acquisition process

1. The exclusive right to integrated circuit layout design is generated by registration with the State Intellectual Property Office. To obtain the exclusive right to a layout design, a registration application must be submitted to the State Intellectual Property Office.

2. Application documents that are unqualified will not be accepted.

3. If the application documents have formal defects, the examiner will issue a notice of acceptance and a notice of correction, and the applicant shall submit supplementary materials within the prescribed time limit in accordance with the requirements in the notice of correction.

4. After reviewing the application documents submitted by the applicant, if no formal defects are found, the examiner will issue an acceptance notice and a payment notice.

5. After receiving the payment notice, the applicant can pay the fee, of which the registration fee is 2,000 yuan and the stamp duty is 5 yuan, which cannot be deducted.

6. If no reason for rejection is found after preliminary review of the registration application, the State Intellectual Property Office shall issue a layout design registration certificate and announce it in the China Intellectual Property News and its official website.

7. The protection period for the exclusive right of layout design of integrated circuits is 10 years, starting from the date of application for layout design registration or the date of first commercial use anywhere in the world, whichever is earlier. allow.