Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 2000 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part V · Use for Public Non-Commercial Purpose and Compulsory Licensing
25. Scope and nature of use for public non-commercial purpose
Feedback & supportThe authorization to do an act in relation to a protected layout-design under section 24—
protected layout-design
“protected layout-design” means a layout-design that is protected under section 5;
shall be both non-exclusive and non-assignable;
shall be limited to the public non-commercial purpose for which the authorization under section 24 is given;
shall be subject to the terms of the authorization given under section 24;
does not permit the sale of the protected layout-design, a copy of the protected layout-design or an integrated circuit in which the protected layout-design is incorporated
(whether or not the integrated circuit is contained in another article) to the public; and
shall be limited to the doing of the acts predominantly in Malaysia.
An act done under section 24 in relation to a protected layout-design shall not be taken into account in calculating the duration of protection of the layout-design referred to in section 8.
layout-design
“layout-design” means the three-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements of an integrated circuit and some or all of the interconnections of the integrated circuit or such a three-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture;
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