Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act Article 16
A circuit layout protected under this Act shall meet the following requirements:1. The design is the result of the creator's intellect and efforts, and not plagiarism; and2. At the time of creation, the circuit layout was not ordinary, common, or known to the integrated circuit industry and designers of circuit layouts.If a circuit layout is designed by combining ordinary, common, or known components or interconnections, protection for the circuit layout shall be extended to the combination as a whole that has met the requirements prescribed in the preceding Paragraph.
中文原文 積體電路電路布局保護法第16條
本法保護之電路布局權，應具備左列各款要件：
一、由於創作人之智慧努力而非抄襲之設計。
二、在創作時就積體電路產業及電路布局設計者而言非屬平凡、普通或習知者。
以組合平凡、普通或習知之元件或連接線路所設計之電路布局，應僅就其整體組合符合前項要件者保護之。
一、由於創作人之智慧努力而非抄襲之設計。
二、在創作時就積體電路產業及電路布局設計者而言非屬平凡、普通或習知者。
以組合平凡、普通或習知之元件或連接線路所設計之電路布局，應僅就其整體組合符合前項要件者保護之。