Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 2000 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part III · Rights in Relation to Layout-Designs and Infringements
9. Rights of right holder
Feedback & supportThe right holder of a protected layout-design shall have the following rights:
right holder
“right holder” means the person that is to be regarded as the beneficiary of the protection referred to in section 9;
the right to reproduce, and to authorize the reproduction of, all or a substantial part of his protected layout-design, whether by incorporation into an integrated circuit or otherwise; and
reproduction
“reproduction” means the act or process of copying the layout-design, directly or indirectly, in a material form; Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits 7
the right to commercially exploit, and to authorize the commercial exploitation of, his protected layout-design, an integrated circuit in which the protected layout-design is incorporated or an article that contains an integrated circuit in which the protected layout-design is incorporated.
commercially exploit
“commercially exploit” includes— (a) to sell, let for hire or otherwise distribute by way of trade; (b) to offer or expose for sale or hire or other distribution by way of trade; and (c) to import for the purpose of sale, letting for hire or other distribution by way of trade;