Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Compulsory Licensing
27. Licence to remedy anti-competitive practice
Feedback & supportA person who claims that he or she requires a licence to do any act referred to in section 8 in relation to a protected layout‑design may apply to the Court for the grant of a licence on the ground that the grant of the licence is necessary to remedy an anti‑competitive practice.
protected layout‑design
“protected layout‑design” means a layout-design that is protected under section 5;
If the Court is satisfied that the ground referred to in subsection (1) is established, the Court may make an order for the grant of a licence in accordance with the application upon any terms that the Court thinks fit.
The Court is to specify in the order the remuneration to be paid to the qualified owner for the licence that the Court considers reasonable.
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;