Layout Design Order, 1999 · As enacted
Section 21
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Ill Where an act has been done under section 19 in relation to an eligible layout design, the Government shall, as soon as practicable, inform the owner of the layout design rights in that layout design that it has been done and give him such information about it as he may require.
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;
Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Government to inform or disclose information to the owner if doing so would, or might reasonably be expected to, prejudice the security or defence of
Brunei Darussalam.
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;
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