Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
13. Registration.
1.
Subject
to the provisions of section 9, when an application for the registration of the
layout-design has been accepted and either-
a.
the
application has not been opposed and time for notice of opposition has expired;
or
b.
the
application has been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favour of
the applicant, the Registrar shall register the said layout-design in the
register and the layout-design shall be registered as of the date of the making
of the said application and that date shall be deemed to be the date of
registration.
1.
2. On the registration
of a layout-design, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate in
the prescribed form of the registration thereof sealed with the seal of the
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.
3. Where registration of
a layout-design is not completed within twelve months from the date of the
application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the Registrar
may, after giving notice to the applicant in the prescribed manner, treat the
application as abandoned unless it is completed within the time specified in
that behalf in the notice.
4. The Registrar may
amend the register or a certificate of registration for the purpose of
correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake.