the creator shall be entitled to have it protected.
(3) Creation of a layout design, identical with another protected layout
design, as a result of independent efforts.
(4) Importing a protected layout design or an integrated circuit which
was produced using a protected layout design, whether this circuit was
separate or incorporated in a product, and whether the product contains
an integrated circuit containing a protected layout design, whenever
any was circulated in Egypt or abroad.
Article 52
The Patent Office may decide to grant, to a third party, a non-voluntary
license for the exploitation of a protected layout design according
to the provisions of the non-voluntary license of patents provided for
in Articles 23 and 24.
Article 53
Any violation of Article 50 shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than 40,000 pounds and of not more than 100,000 pounds.
In case of repetition, the offense shall be punishable by imprisonment
for a period of not more than two years and by a fine of not more than
200,000 pounds.
Article 54
The provisions of Articles 4, 33, 35 and 42 shall apply to this Chapter.
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