Layout Design Order, 1999 · As enacted
Section 6
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purpose of this Order but without limiting the ordinary meaning of the word "original" in relation to a layout design, a layout design is not original if -
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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its making involved no intellectual effort by the maker;
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Meaning of
"exclusive right".
Meaning of
"make" in relation to 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;
Meaning of
"original".
Licence of owner of layout design rights.
layout design rights
"layout design rights" means the exclusive rights specified in section 12 in relation to an eligible layout design;
Eligible layout design includes substantial part of design.
Reference to joint makers.
Application to layout designs made before commence-ment.
Ownership of layout design rights..
{b}
it was common place among makers of layout design and manufacturers of integrated circuits at the time it was made; or
{c} in the case of a combination of elements and interconnections that are common place among makers of layout designs and manufacturers of integrated circuits, the combination as a whole involved no intellectual effort by the maker.
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;
Part II
Ownership and Nature of Layout Design Rights
Part III
Part IV