Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act Article 18

Circuit layout rights shall not apply to any of the following:1. To reproduce a circuit layout of another so as to evaluate or analyze the same for research, educational, or reverse engineering purposes;2. To create a circuit layout conforming to the requirements of Article 16 of this Act, or to produce an integrated circuit embodying said circuit layout by using the results of evaluation or analysis as referred to in the preceding Item;3. To import or distribute legally possessed circuit layouts or integrated circuits by an owner of legally reproduced circuit layouts or integrated circuits;4. To import or distribute illegally produced integrated circuits by an owner who obtained without knowledge that the integrated circuits have infringed another's circuit layout rights; or5. To independently create, by a third party, an identical circuit layout or integrated circuit.
中文原文 積體電路電路布局保護法第18條
電路布局權不及於左列各款情形:
一、為研究、教學或還原工程之目的,分析或評估他人之電路布局,而加以複製者。
二、依前款分析或評估之結果,完成符合第十六條之電路布局或據以製成積體電路者。
三、合法複製之電路布局或積體電路所有者,輸入或散布其所合法持有之電路布局或積體電路。
四、取得積體電路之所有人,不知該積體電路係侵害他人之電路布局權,而輸入、散布其所持有非法製造之積體電路者。
五、由第三人自行創作之相同電路布局或積體電路。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.