Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act Article 5

Under any of the following, a foreign owner of a circuit layout shall be eligible for registration of a circuit layout in accordance with this Act:1. The foreign owner's home country and the ROC are signatories to an international treaty, or have signed a reciprocal treaty or agreement affording protection to circuit layouts; or an agreement, approved by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to protect circuit layouts has been executed between organizations or institutions of the foreign country and the ROC; or the foreign country has been verified as providing protection to circuit layouts of ROC nationals; or2. The first commercial exploitation occurred within the jurisdiction of the ROC. Protection will be extended to the foreign owner only if the foreign owner's home country has been verified as providing protection to ROC nationals under the same conditions.