Chapter:	445	Title:	LAYOUT-DESIGN (TOPOGRAPHY) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	6	Heading:	Duration of layout-design (topography) protection	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) A layout-design (topography) ceases to be a protected layout-design (topography) 10 years after the end of the year in which it was first commercially exploited, with the qualified owner's consent, anywhere in the world.
(2) Where a layout-design (topography) has not been commercially exploited, with the qualified owner's consent, anywhere in the world, within 15 years after the end of the year in which it was created, it ceases to be a protected layout-design (topography) at the end of that time.