Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of Registered Designs (Amendment) Bill

Clause 20

Amendment of section 40

Section 40 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (1)(a);

(b)

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)any infringing device in relation to that design,”;

(c)

by deleting the words “article or thing” in subsections (1) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “article, thing or infringing device”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) In this section and section 41, an infringing device in relation to a registered design is a device for projecting a non‑physical product where —

(a)

the design, or a design not substantially different from that design, has been applied to the non‑physical product; and

(b)

either or both of the following apply:

(i)

the device is made in Singapore or imported into Singapore in such a way as to infringe the design;

(ii)

the device is sold, let for hire, or offered or exposed for sale or hire in Singapore in such a way as to infringe the design.”.

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