Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984

Other short titles	State Justice Institute Act of 1984 Technical Amendments to the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 Trademark Clarification Act of 1984
Long title	An act to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the places where court shall be held in certain judicial districts, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	SCPA
Nicknames	Federal District Court Organization Act of 1984
Enacted by	the 98th United States Congress
Effective	November 8, 1984
Citations
Public law	98–620
Statutes at Large	98 Stat. 3335 aka 98 Stat. 3347
Codification
Acts amended	Trademark Act of 1946
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade 17 U.S.C.: Copyrights
U.S.C. sections created	17 U.S.C. ch. 9 § 901 et seq.
U.S.C. sections amended	15 U.S.C. ch. 22 § 1051 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6163 by Robert Kastenmeier (D-WI) on August 10, 1984 Committee consideration by House Judiciary, Senate Judiciary Passed the House on September 24, 1984 (passed voice vote) Passed the Senate on October 3, 1984 (passed voice vote) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on October 9, 1984 (363-0) Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 8, 1984

The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (or SCPA) is an act of the US Congress that makes the layouts of integrated circuits legally protected upon registration, and hence illegal to copy without permission. It is an integrated circuit layout design protection law.