Singapore legislation

Clause 17

Amendment of section 30

Section 30 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The registration of a design under this Act gives to the registered owner the following exclusive rights:

(a)

to make in Singapore, or import into Singapore, for sale or hire, or for use for the purpose of trade or business —

(i)

any article in respect of which the design is registered and to which that design, or a design not substantially different from that design, has been applied; or

(ii)

any device for projecting a non‑physical product (being a non‑physical product in respect of which the design is registered and to which that design, or a design not substantially different from that design, has been applied);

(b)

to sell, hire, or offer or expose for sale or hire, in Singapore —

(i)

any article or non‑physical product in respect of which the design is registered and to which that design, or a design not substantially different from that design, has been applied; or

(ii)

any device for projecting a non‑physical product mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i).”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “paragraph (b)” in subsection (6), the words “or (c)”; and

(c)

by deleting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsection:“(7) The right in a registered design is not infringed by —

(a)

the import, sale, hire, or offer or exposure for sale or hire of —

(i)

any article to which the design has been applied, if the article has been placed on the market, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, by or with the consent (conditional or otherwise) of the registered owner; or

(ii)

any device for projecting a non‑physical product (being a non‑physical product to which the design has been applied), if the device has been placed on the market, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, by or with the consent (conditional or otherwise) of the registered owner; or

(b)

the sale, hire, or offer or exposure for sale or hire of any non‑physical product to which the design has been applied, if the non‑physical product has been placed on the market, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, by or with the consent (conditional or otherwise) of the registered owner.”.

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