Singapore legislation

Section 7

of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999

Section 7

Duration of protection

A layout-design ceases to be a protected layout‑design —

(a)

if it is first commercially exploited within 5 calendar years after the calendar year in which it was created, at the end of the 10th calendar year after the calendar year in which it was first commercially exploited;

(b)

in any other case, at the end of the period of 15 calendar years after the calendar year in which it was created.