Preliminary advice by the Registrar
Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 deals with preliminary advice by the Registrar. The Registrar may, on application made to him in the prescribed manner by any person who proposes to apply for the registration of a layout-design, give advice as to whether the layout-design appears to him prima facie to be original. The Act came into force on 01 May 2004.
(1) The Registrar may, on application made to him in the prescribed manner by any person who proposes to apply for the registration of a layout-design, give advice as to whether the layout-design appears to him prima facie to be original.
(2) If, on an application for the registration of a layout-design as to which the Registrar has given advice as aforesaid in the affirmative made within three months after the advice was given, the Registrar, after further investigation or consideration, gives notice, to the applicant of objection on the ground that the layout-design is not original, the applicant shall be entitled, on giving notice of withdrawal of the application within the prescribed period, to have repaid to him any fee paid on the filing of the application.
Section 78, The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (Act 37 of 2000).
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Questions about Section 78
What does Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act deal with?
Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act is headed "Preliminary advice by the Registrar". The Registrar may, on application made to him in the prescribed manner by any person who proposes to apply for the registration of a layout-design, give advice as to whether the layout-design appears to him prima facie to be original.
How do I find court cases under Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act 78, section 78 Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Rules, 2001 (2001).
When did Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act come into force?
Section 78 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, cited as Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act 78, 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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