Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Bill

Clause 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 tenth 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.