Layout-designs of Integrated
Circuits
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(b) enter any change in the name, address or description of
the person who is registered as qualified owner of a
layout-design; or
(c) cancel the entry of a layout-design on the register, and
may make any consequential amendment or alteration
in the certificate of registration, and for that purpose,
may require the certificate of registration to be produced
to the Registrar.
(2) The Registrar may, on application by a qualified owner of
a layout-design made in accordance with subsection (1) of this
section and section eighteen or on the Registrar’s self initiative,
order the register to be rectified by making a correction, an
amendment or a deletion of any entry in the register.
(3) The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed
manner by a registered user of a layout-design, and after notice to
the qualified owner, correct any error, or enter any change in the
name, address or description of the registered user.
(4) Where the Registrar intends to make an order without the
application of the qualified owner or the registered user, the Registrar
shall give notice of the intention to do so to the qualified owner or
the registered user and shall give the qualified owner or the registered
user an opportunity of being heard before making the order.
32. (1) A person may apply to the High Court for the
revocation of the registration of a registered layout-design on the
following grounds:
(a) that the application for the registration of the registered
layout-design was not made by the qualified owner as
specified in section fifteen;
(b) that the registration of the layout-design was done
fraudulently;
(c) that the layout-design was not qualified to be registered
as provided in section fifteen;
(d) that the application for the registration of the layout-design
contains a false statement or representation which is
material and which the qualified owner knew was false
at the time when the statement or representation was
made; or
Grounds for
revocation of
registration
of registered
design