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The industrial design registrations are granted for 15 non-extendible years, conditionedon the payment of annual fees.2.4. Integrated Circuit Designs (Electronic Boards)Registrations of integrated circuit designs are granted to topographies, which consist ofthe three-dimensional disposition of the elements of the integrated circuit, of which atleast one must be active, and of some or all of the interconnections of the integratedcircuit. 7Their registration is processed before the IMPI according to the same rules as those forobtaining a patent and the title granting the exclusivity of an integrated circuit designhas a term of 10 non-extendible years (counted from the application filing date), conditionedon the payment of annual fees.The exclusivity rights in relation to an integrated circuit design will not produce effectsthat prejudice third parties when:a) The use is by a third party for private purposes of evaluation, investigation, analysis,or teaching;b) A third party had used it independently and prior to the filing of the holder ofthe right;c) A third party sells or distributes the product that contains the integrated circuitdesign if it was acquired legally from the holder of the right or its licensees or distributors;d) A third party sells or distributes a product that contains an illegal reproduction ofthe integrated circuit design if the third party acquired it in good faith and showsthat it had no reason to know, and did not know, that it was an illegal reproduction.209Industrial PropertyFinally, it is important to mention that industrial rights derived from patents, utilitymodels, industrial designs, and integrated circuit designs (as well as rights derived froman application in process) can be encumbered or transferred in whole or in part.To that effect, only the formalities established in the Civil Code need to be compliedwith and, subsequently, in order for the transfers to have effect against third parties, theymust be registered with the IMPI.__________7In this respect, the LPI defines these concepts as: (i) topography: The three-dimensional disposition,expressed in any form, of the elements, of which at least one must be active, and of some or all the interconnectionsof the integrated circuit, or the three-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuitto be fabricated; and (ii) integrated circuit: a product, in its final or intermediate stage, in which the elements—at least one of which is an active element— and one or all of the interconnections, form an integral partof the body or of the surface of a piece of semiconductive material, and which is designated to carry out anelectronic function.