Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Compulsory Licensing
26. Qualified owner entitled to remuneration
Feedback & supportWhere an act is done under section 23 in relation to a protected layout‑design, the Government must pay to the qualified owner of the protected layout‑design the remuneration —
protected layout‑design
“protected layout‑design” means a layout-design that is protected under section 5;
that is agreed;
that is determined by a method agreed between the Government and the qualified owner; or
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;
in default of agreement, that is determined by the Court on the application of either of them.