Section 29
Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission.
The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
About this Act
An Act to provide for the protection of semiconductor integrated circuits layout-designs and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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 user 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 (9 of 1932).
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 user 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 (9 of 1932).