Section 10

if the copying is of any part of a protected layout‑design that does not comply with the requirement of originality referred to in section 5(1);

if the copying is done for a private purpose and not for the purpose of commercial exploitation;

if the copying is done for the sole purpose of evaluation, analysis, research or teaching;

to use the results of such evaluation, analysis or research to create a different layout‑design that complies with the requirement of originality referred to in section 5(1);

to do any of the acts referred to in section 8 in respect of the layout‑design referred to in paragraph (d);

for a qualified owner of another protected layout‑design —

that is identical to the firstmentioned protected layout‑design; and

that is independently created,to do any of the acts referred to in section 8 in respect of that other layout‑design; or

to commercially exploit a copy of the protected layout‑design, an integrated circuit in which the layout‑design is incorporated or an article that contains an integrated circuit in which the layout‑design is incorporated after the copy, integrated circuit or article has been commercially exploited, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, by, or with the consent of, the qualified owner.