Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act,2000

Act No : 37

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Section : Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission.

29. Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission.-Nothing in this Act shall confer on a registered user of a layout-design any assignable or transmissible right to the use thereof. Explanation I.-The right of a registered user of a layout-design shall not deem to have been assigned or transmitted within the meaning of this section in the following cases, namely:- (a) where the registered user being an individual enters into a partnership with any other person for carrying on the business concerned; but in any such case the firm may use the layout-design, if otherwise in force, only for so long as the registered u er is a member of the firm; (b) where the registered user being a firm subsequently undergoes a change in its constitution; but in any such case the reconstituted firm may use the layout-design, if otherwise in force, only for so long as any partner of the original firm at the time of its registration as registered user, continues to be a partner of the reconstituted firm. Explanation II.-For the purposes of Explanation I, ''firm" has the same meaning as in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932.

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