It protects the owner of the topography from illegal copies of the product and helps to create its favorable position on the market place. Topography protection can be obtained for a semiconductor topography which is the result of its creator's intellectual efforts and it is not commonplace in the industry at the time of its creation. Topography protection can be obtained by application for a topography protection to the Hungarian Patent Office, foreign applicants are entitled to protection only under an international treaty or in case of reciprocity.
Foreign applicants have to be represented by an authorized domestic representative.
Domestic applicants should not authorize any representative but in case of necessity patent attorney will help to prepare the application. Domestic applicants are entitled to obtain the protection on the bases of international treaty or in case of reciprocity. Hungarian applicants has to authorize a foreign resident as representative in the relevant country. Any person who unlawfully exploits a topography protection commits infringement of topography protection .