Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Compulsory Licensing
25. Duty to inform qualified owner
Feedback & supportWhere an act has been done under section 23 in relation to a protected layout‑design, the Government must —
protected layout‑design
“protected layout‑design” means a layout-design that is protected under section 5;
if the act had been done in situations of national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency, as soon as reasonably practicable inform the qualified owner that the act has been done; or
in any other case, inform the qualified owner promptly that the act had been done.
The Government must give to the qualified owner any information about the act that the qualified owner from time to time requires.
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;
Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) requires the Government to inform the qualified owner or disclose information to the qualified owner if doing so would or might reasonably be expected to prejudice the defence or security of Singapore.