Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act

Promulgated on August 11, 1995
Effective as of February 11, 1996
Revised on June 12, 2002



Article 1 Objectives
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Administration
Article 4 Confidential status of applications
Article 5 Eligibility requirements for foreign applicants
Article 6 Filing by other than creator
Article 7 Ownership of circuit layouts created by employees or commissioned persons
Article 8 Provisions as to agents
Article 9 Appointment of Representative
Article 10 Application for registration/ specification and drawings/ filing by other than creator
Article 11 Application forms
Article 12 Requirements for receiving filing date
Article 13 Time limit for filing
Article 14 Delays in meeting time limits
Article 15 Rights provided by registration
Article 16 Registrability requirements
Article 17 Scope of exclusive rights
Article 18 Limitations on exclusive rights/ exemption of certain acts
Article 19 Term of circuit layout rights
Article 20 Recordation of name change
Article 21 Restrictions on disposition of rights by joint owners
Article 22 Effect of recordation
Article 23 Restrictions on use of pledged circuit layout by pledgee
Article 24 Application for compulsory license/ royalty payable to circuit layout rights owners/ limitation on disposition of compulsory license
Article 25 Expiration of circuit layout rights
Article 26 Limitations on disposition of circuit layout rights by owner
Article 27 Grounds for cancellation of circuit layout rights
Article 28 Register of Circuit Layout Rights
Article 29 Remedies for infringement
Article 30 Assessment of damages (I)
Article 31 Assessment of damages (II)
Article 32 Destruction of infringing articles/ publication of Judgement in newspaper
Article 33 Availability of civil remedies to foreign legal entities
Article 34 Tribunal
Article 35 Relation to other laws
Article 36 Assessment and Mediation Committee
Article 37 Maintenance and storage of official files
Article 38 Government fees
Article 39 Filing of circuit layouts commercially exploited before the effective date of this Act
Article 40 Enforcement Rules
Article 41 Effective Date