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Tarini Labs creates a layout-design by combining elements and interconnections that are each commonly known among layout-design creators and IC manufacturers. The combination, taken as a whole, results from Tarini's own intellectual efforts. Which statement is correct regarding originality?

The design is considered original. Even if all elements and interconnections are commonly known, the combination taken as a whole is original when it results from the creator's own intellectual efforts. No individual element needs to be new.

  1. AIt cannot be original because every element is commonly known
  2. BIt is original only if at least one element is novel
  3. CIt is considered original because the combination taken as a whole is the result of its creator's own intellectual effortsCorrect
  4. DIt is original only if it has not been commercially exploited in any country

Explanation

The proviso to the originality provision says a layout-design made of commonly known elements and interconnections is considered original if the combination as a whole is the result of the creator's own intellectual efforts. A novel individual element is not required, so the first and second options are wrong.

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