# Council Directive of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (87/54/EEC), Article 8

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The protection granted to the topographies of semiconductor products in accordance with Article 2 shall not extend to any concept, process, system, technique or encoded information embodied in the topography other than the topography itself.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1987/54/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1987-54/article-8
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