8. Rights of qualified owner

Terms defined in s 2

• commercially exploit

  commercially exploit

  Defined · s 2

  “commercially exploit” includes —(a)to sell, let for hire or otherwise distribute by way of trade;(b)to offer or expose for sale or hire or other distribution by way of trade; or(c)to import for the purpose of sale, letting for hire or other distribution by way of trade,and “commercially exploited”, “commercially exploiting” and “commercial exploitation” have corresponding meanings;

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• integrated circuit

  integrated circuit

  Defined · s 2

  “integrated circuit” means a product, in its final form or an intermediate form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed in and on, or in or on, a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function;

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• protected layout‑design

  protected layout‑design

  Defined · s 2

  “protected layout‑design” means a layout-design that is protected under section 5;

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• qualified owner

  qualified owner

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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