Layout Design Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part II · Ownership and Nature of Layout Design Rights
Section 11
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to this section, the person who makes an eligible layout design is the first owner of the layout design rights in that eligible layout design.
eligible layout design
"eligible layout design" means an original layout design - (a} the maker or, in relation to a jointly-made layout design, any one or more of the makers, of which was, at the time that layout design was made, an eligible person; or {b) that was first commercially exploited in Brunei Darussalam or in a qualifying country;
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Where a layout design is made by a person in the course of his employment or apprenticeship, his employer is the nrst owner of the layout design rights in that eligible layout design, subject to any agreement to the contrary.
layout design
"layout design" means the three-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and of some or all of the interconnections, of an integrated circuit; and includes such a three-dimensional Meaning of "commercially exploited". disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture;
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Where a person commissions the making of a layout design for valuable consideration, and the layout design is made in carrying out that commission, the person who commissioned the work is the first owner of the layout design rights in that eligible layout design, subject to any agreement to the contrary.
layout design rights
"layout design rights" means the exclusive rights specified in section 12 in relation to an eligible layout design;
This Order protects all independently made layout designs during the protection period, even if they are identical and regardless of when they were made.
Where an eligible layout design is owned by more than one person, a reference in this Order to the owner is'to all the owners and a reference in this Order to the eligible owner is to all the eligible owners, so that in particular any requirement of the consent of an eligible owner requires the consent of all the eligible owners.
Terms defined in s 2
eligible layout design
Defined · s 2"eligible layout design" means an original layout design - (a} the maker or, in relation to a jointly-made layout design, any one or more of the makers, of which was, at the time that layout design was made, an eligible person; or {b) that was first commercially exploited in Brunei Darussalam or in a qualifying country;
layout design
Defined · s 2"layout design" means the three-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and of some or all of the interconnections, of an integrated circuit; and includes such a three-dimensional Meaning of "commercially exploited". disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture;
layout design rights
Defined · s 2"layout design rights" means the exclusive rights specified in section 12 in relation to an eligible layout design;