Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “competent authority” has the same meaning as in the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act; “Controller” means the Controller of Industrial Property Office, appointed under section 3 of the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act; “integrated circuit” means a product in its final form or in an intermediate form in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections of which are integrally formed on a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function; L10 – 1 [Issue 1] Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act “layout-design” or “topography” means the three-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the inter-connections of an integrated circuit, or such a three-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture; “law practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Law Practitioners Act; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of international trade is assigned; “Register” means the Register of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits maintained under section 9; “right holder” means the person who is to be regarded as the beneficiary of the protection referred to in section 5; “Tribunal” means the Industrial Property Tribunal set up under section 9 of the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act. PART II – NATURE AND EXTENT OF PROTECTION