Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Layout-Design Rights and Infringement Action
16. Affidavit evidence
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In any proceedings to enforce a qualified owner’s rights under this Part, evidence may be submitted by affidavit asserting facts relevant to show that —
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
the layout-design is a protected layout‑design.
Where the Court considers, on the application of a party, that the deponent to an affidavit should be available to be cross‑examined with respect to matters asserted in the affidavit, it is to exclude the admission of the affidavit without the appearance of the deponent.