Singapore legislation

Section 3

of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999

Section 3

No protection for ideas

This Act does not apply in relation to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a layout‑design.

Section 3 — Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999