Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act

Section 21 of the Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act (Cap. 159A) is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Where the qualified owner of a right in a layout-design or an exclusive licensee brings proceedings for any infringement of a layout-design in respect of which the owner and the exclusive licensee have concurrent rights of action, the owner or the exclusive licensee, as the case may be, need not —

(a)

join the other as a plaintiff; or

(b)

add the other as a defendant,unless the Court otherwise orders.”; and

(b)

by deleting subsection (4).

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