Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Dealings with a Layout-Design Right
18. Assignments and licences of layout-design
Feedback & supportA right in a layout-design is movable property and is transmissible by any means by which such property may be lawfully transmitted including assignment, licence, testamentary instrument and operation of law.
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;
An assignment or transmission may be total or partial.
An assignment is ineffective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of the assignor.
A licence granted in respect of a layout‑design right by a qualified owner binds each successor in title to the qualified owner’s interest in the right, except a purchaser in good faith for value without notice (actual or constructive) of the licence and a person who derives title from the purchaser.
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;