Layout Design Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part III
Section 15
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The layout design rights in an eligible layout design are not infringed by the making of -
layout design rights
"layout design rights" means the exclusive rights specified in section 12 in relation to an eligible layout design;
(a} a copy of that layout design; or
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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For the purpose of subsection (1), a copy of an eligible layout design, or an integrated circuit made in accordance with an eligible layout design or with a copy of such a layout design, is not to be taken to have been made for the private use of a person if the copy or integrated circuit is commercially exploited or distributed.
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;
(a} a copy of that layout design; or 116
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;
integrated circuit
Defined · s 2"integrated circuit" means a circuit, in its fmal or an intermediate form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed in or on a piece of material and that is intended to perform an electronic function;
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;
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