Clause 3
Amendment of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act
of Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill
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Clause 3
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).