Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Layout-Design Rights and Infringement Action
15. Presumption of protection and ownership
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In any proceedings to enforce a qualified owner’s rights under this Part, it is presumed, unless a defendant puts the matter in issue, that in respect of the layout‑design that is the subject matter of the proceedings —
qualified owner
“qualified owner” means —(a)a qualified person who, under section 6(1), is the owner of a layout‑design; or(b)a person who, under section 6(1), is the owner of a layout‑design which was not commercially exploited anywhere else in the world before it was commercially exploited in Singapore or in a qualifying country,and includes a person, whether or not a qualified person, who is a successor in title to a qualified owner of the layout‑design;
the claimant is a qualified owner of the layout‑design; and
layout-design
“layout-design” means the 3-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements of an integrated circuit (at least one of which is an active element), and of some or all of the interconnections of an integrated circuit, or such a 3‑dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture;
the layout-design is a protected layout‑design.
protected layout‑design
“protected layout‑design” means a layout-design that is protected under section 5;