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Layout Design Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part IV · Remedies for Infringement
Layout Design Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part IV · Remedies for Infringement
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Where
proceedings are brought by the owner of layout design rights or an exclusive licensee under sections 23 or 24; and
the proceedings relate, whether wholly or partly, to an infringement in respect of which they have concurrent rights of action, such owner or exclusive licensee may not, without the leave of the court, proceed with the action unless the other of them has either been joined as a plaintiff or added as a defendant.
(2}
An owner of layout design rights or exclusive licensee who is added as a defendant is not liable for any costs in the action unless he has taken part in the proceedings.
Nothing in subsection (1} applies to an application for an interim injunction by the owner of the layout design rights or an exclusive licensee.
layout design rights
"layout design rights" means the exclusive rights specified in section 12 in relation to an eligible layout design;
layout design rights
"layout design rights" means the exclusive rights specified in section 12 in relation to an eligible layout design;