Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Dealings with a Layout-Design Right
20. Exclusive licensee
Feedback & supportAn exclusive licensee has the same rights against a successor in title to the qualified owner as the exclusive licensee has against the grantor of the licence.
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;
An exclusive licensee has, except against the qualified owner, the same rights and remedies in respect of matters occurring after the grant of the exclusive licence as if the licence had been an assignment.
exclusive licence
“exclusive licence” means a licence in writing signed by or on behalf of a qualified owner authorising the licensee, to the exclusion of all other persons, including the person granting the licence, to exercise a right that would otherwise be exercisable exclusively by the qualified owner;
An exclusive licensee’s rights and remedies are concurrent with those of the qualified owner.
In any proceedings brought by an exclusive licensee, a defendant may avail himself, herself or itself of any defence that would have been available to the defendant if the proceedings had been brought by the qualified owner.