According to the Article 10 of the law:
The exclusive rights shall expire after 10 years from the earlier of the following dates:
- the end of the calendar year in which the topography is first commercially exploited anywhere in the world; or
- the end of the calendar year in which the application has been filed in due form.
The exclusive rights shall expire before the period defined in Paragraph 3, if the respective fees are not paid or if the right holder of the protected topography renounces protections in writing.
If a topography has not been commercially exploited, the exclusive rights shall expire after 15 years from its fixation or encoding.
