Article 6. Violation of the exclusive right to use topology

A violation of the exclusive right to use the topology is the use, import, offer for sale, sale, reproduction, except for reproduction of that part which is not original, and other introduction into civil turnover of the protected topology, an integrated microcircuit with such topology or a product including such an integrated microcircuit, without the right holderʼs permission.

The following are not considered violations of the exclusive right to use topology:

use of the topology for personal non-profit purposes, or for evaluation, analysis, research or training;

the actions of a person who purchased an integrated microcircuit with an illegally duplicated topology or an item with such an integrated microcircuit, if this person did not know and could not have known that an illegally duplicated topology was included in them;

actions specified in the first part of this article in relation to a person who independently created exactly the same topology.