# The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000, Section 29: Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission

- Act: The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (Act 37 of 2000)
- In force from: 2004-05-01
- Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/semiconductor-integrated-circuits-layout-design-act-2000/section/29/

## Text

Nothing in this Act shall confer on a registered user of a layout-design any assignable or transmissible right to the use thereof. Explanation I.--The right of a registered user of a layout-design shall not deem to have been assigned or transmitted within the meaning of this section in the following cases, namely:-- (a) where the registered user being an individual enters into a partnership with any other person for carrying on the business concerned; but in any such case the firm may use the layout-design, if otherwise in force, only for so long as the registered user is a member of the firm; (b) where the registered user being a firm subsequently undergoes a change in its constitution; but in any such case the reconstituted firm may use the layout-design, if otherwise in force, only for so long as any partner of the original firm at the time of its registration as registered user, continues to be a partner of the reconstituted firm. Explanation II.--For the purposes of Explanation I, "firm" has the same meaning as in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932).

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