According to section 3(2) of the Integrated Circuit Topography Bill 2001:
"(2) The exclusive right in a registered topography consists of the exclusive right to:
(a) reproduce the topography or any substantial part thereof;
(b) manufacture an integrated circuit product incorporating the topography or any substantial part thereof; and
(c) import or commercially exploit the topography or any substantial part thereof or an integrated circuit product that incorporates the topography or any substantial part thereof.
(3) Nothing in this section confers any rights in relation to any idea, concept, process, system, technique or information that may be embodied in a topography or an integrated circuit product."
These rights are protected from any infringement as spelt out in section 6. Section 5 states the term of protection:
"The exclusive right in a registered topography shall subsist for a period:
(a) commencing on the filing date of the application for registration of the topography; and
(b) terminating at the end of the tenth calendar year after the earlier of the calendar year in which the topography is first commercially exploited and the calendar year of the filing date of the application."
