Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 2000 s 7
Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 2000 s 7
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s 7 Right holder of layout-design
(1) Subject to any agreement to the contrary, the right holder of a layout design shall be determined as follows:
(a) if the layout-design is not created in pursuance of a commission or in the course of employment, the creator of the layout-design is the right holder;
(b) if the layout-design is created in pursuance of a commission, the person who commissioned the layout-design is the right holder; and
(c) if the layout-design is created by an employee in the course of his employment, the employer is the right holder.
(2) A person can be a right holder even if he shares the right in the layout-design with a person who is not a qualifying person.
(3) If the right in a layout-design is held by more than one person—
(a) a reference in this Act to the right holder is a reference to all the right holders; and
(b) any requirement for the consent of a right holder requires the consent of all the right holders.
(4) If a layout-design is owned by more than one person and such persons include a person who is not a right holder within the meaning of this Act, the protection specified in this Act shall only apply in relation to that part of the layout-design that is created by the right holder and all references in this Act to a protected layout-design shall be construed accordingly.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pemegang hak reka bentuk susun atur
(1) Tertakluk kepada apa-apa perjanjian yang berlawanan, pemegang hak reka bentuk susun atur hendaklah ditentukan seperti yang berikut:
(a) jika reka bentuk susun atur itu tidak dicipta menurut sesuatu penugasan atau dalam menjalankan pekerjaan, pencipta reka bentuk susun atur itulah pemegang hak itu;
(b) jika reka bentuk susun atur itu dicipta menurut sesuatu penuiasan, orane yan akenugaskan reka bentuk susun
(c) jika reka bentuk susun atur itu dicipta oleh seseorang pekerja dalam menjalankan pekerjaannya, majikannyalah pemegang hak itu.
(2) Seseorang boleh menjadi pemegang hak walaupun orang itu berkongsi hak mengenai reka bentuk susun atur itu dengan seseorang yang bukan orang yang layak.
(3) Jika hak mengenai sesuatu reka bentuk susun atur dipegang oleh lebih daripada satu orang—
(a) sebutan dalam Akta ini mengenai pemegang hak ialah sebutan mengenai semua pemegang hak; dan
(b) apa-apa kehendak bagi persetujuan pemegang hak menghendaki persetujuan semua pemegang hak. dari) da sa se suatu geka bentuk isusermasu dapuseae oac lebin bukan pemegang hak mengikut pengertian Akta ini, perlindungan yang dinyatakan dalam Akta ini hendaklah hanya terpakai berhubung dengan bahagian reka bentuk susun atur yang dicipta oleh pemegang hak dan segala sebutan dalam Akta ini mengenai reka bentuk susun atur terlindung hendaklah ditafsirkan dengan sewajarnya. Tempoh perlindungan
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
