On February 14,2000, CIrcuitsum Ltd. filed an application under the Integrated Circuits Topography Act, to register its ownership of the topography of the "arathmatik" microchip which it had exhibited and sold at a trade fair on September 20, 1 999. Registration under the Act occurred on June 25, 2000. When does Circuitsum's protection of the topography commence?
A)September 20, 1999
B)February 14, 2000
C)June 25, 2000
D)At a date set by the Registrar
E)September 20, 2009

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Protection under the Integrated Circuits Topography Act commences on the date the topography was first commercially exploited, which in this case is September 20, 1999.