Clause 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 first-mentioned 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.