Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
Chapter
III Procedure for and Duration of Registration
8.
Application
for registration.
1. Any person claiming
to be the creator of a layout-design, who is desirous of registering it, shall
apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration
of his layout-design.
2. Every application
under sub-section (1) shall be filed in the office of the Semiconductor
Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry within whose territorial limits the
principal place of business in India of the applicant or in the case of joint
application the principal place of business in India of the applicant whose
name is first mentioned in the application, as having a place of business in
India, is situate:
Provided that, where the applicant or any of the joint applicant does not carry on business
in India, the application shall be filed in the office of the Semiconductor
Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry within whose territorial limits the
place mentioned in the address for service in India as disclosed in the
application is situate.
1.
2.
3. Subject to the
provisions of this Act, the Registrar may refuse the application or may accept
it absolutely or subject to such amendments or modifications, as he may think
fit.