Is integrated circuit layout design patented?

Legal Subjectivity:

The exclusive rights of integrated circuit layout design include: (1) Carry out the entire protected layout design, or any original part of it The right to copy; (2) The right to commercially exploit protected layout designs, integrated circuits containing the layout design, or articles containing the integrated circuits. The law is objective:

Article 7 of the "Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs" stipulates that the layout design right holder shall have the following exclusive rights: (1) All or any part of the protected layout design shall be original and original. (2) Put the protected layout-design, the integrated circuit containing the layout-design, or the articles containing the integrated circuit into commercial use. Article 8 of the "Regulations on the Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits" The exclusive right to layout designs is generated by registration with the intellectual property administrative department of the State Council. Unregistered layout designs are not protected by this Ordinance.