Jointly owned layout-design
Section 14 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 deals with jointly owned layout-design. Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design. The Act came into force on 01 May 2004.
(1) Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design.
(2) Where the relation between two or more persons claiming to be the creator of layout-design are such that--
(a) both of them or all of them have put the combined intellectual effort in creating such design; or
(b) in relation to the creation of such layout-design both of them or all of them are connected in such manner that intellectual effort of each of them are not distinguishable in creation of such layout design,
those persons may be registered as joint proprietor of the layout-design and this Act shall have effect in relation to any right to the use of the layout-design vested in those persons as if in those rights vested in a single person.
Section 14, The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (Act 37 of 2000).
Questions about Section 14
What does Section 14 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act deal with?
Section 14 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act is headed "Jointly owned layout-design". Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design.
How do I find court cases under Section 14 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act?
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When did Section 14 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act come into force?
Section 14 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, cited as Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act 14, came into force on 01 May 2004, having been enacted on 04 Sep 2000. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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