The lessor known Intellectual Property: Mask Works-The data needed to make an IC(en.wikipedia.org)

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The lessor known Intellectual Property: Mask Works-The data needed to make an IC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_Chip_Protection_Act_of_1984

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It’s copyright but not quite. It’s patent but not really. It covers not just the actual masks but anything that could produce the same chip output, yet reverse engineering isn’t altogether out-of-bounds.

All I know is that is sounds like a particularly expensive specialty law expert if you happen to need one.