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French to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - IT (Information Technology) / IT
French term or phrase:travail de masque
The expression is "un droit sur un travail de masque", which is in a contract for the supply of PCs, in the part on copyright,and patent infringement. One party shall provide a defence in the event an allegation is made of an infringement of "un droit sur un travail de masque". Never seen this before.
Wikipedia: Mask work copyright
... law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/ch9.html), semiconductor mask work copyrights last only ten years (in contrast ... that 17 USC 117 provides for computer software. ... www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Mask_work_copyright
Explanation: All I can think of. GDT defines "masque" in the context of IT as "Outil permettant de rendre une partie d'une image non modifiable". Would this fit?
Gillian Hargreaves Local time: 08:11 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
Explanation: Oxford-hachette provides some computing uses of mask: m. de saisie = data capture mask m. d'interruptions = interrupt mask---if that's any help!
Guy Bray Local time: 00:11 Native speaker of: English
Wikipedia: Mask work copyright
... law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/ch9.html), semiconductor mask work copyrights last only ten years (in contrast ... that 17 USC 117 provides for computer software. ... www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Mask_work_copyright
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