Layout design of integrated circuits belongs to the patent right in intellectual property rights. The layout design of integrated circuits should be original, and layout design should not belong to the conventional design recognized by layout design creators and integrated circuit manufacturers.
Legal objectivity:
Regulations on the Protection of Layout-design of Integrated Circuits Article 3 A layout-design created by a natural person, legal person or other organization within the territory of China shall enjoy the exclusive right of layout-design in accordance with these regulations. If a layout-design created by a foreigner is first put into commercial use in China, he shall enjoy the exclusive right of layout-design in accordance with these regulations. In the case of a layout-design created by a foreigner, if the country to which it belongs has signed an agreement on the protection of the layout-design with China or acceded to an international treaty on the protection of the layout-design, it shall enjoy the exclusive right to the layout-design in accordance with these Regulations. Article 4 of the Regulations on the Protection of Layout Design of Integrated Circuits should be original, that is, the layout design is the result of the creator's own intellectual labor, and it is not recognized as a conventional design by the layout design creator and the integrated circuit manufacturer at the time of its creation. A protected layout-design composed of conventional designs shall, as a whole, meet the conditions specified in the preceding paragraph.