Chapter:	445	Title:	LAYOUT-DESIGN (TOPOGRAPHY) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	5	Heading:	Non-infringing acts	Version Date:	30/06/1997

Despite section 4(2), it is not, for the purposes of this Ordinance, an infringement of a qualified owner's right in a protected layout-design (topography)-

(a) if the reproduction or commercial exploitation is done with the qualified owner's consent;
(b) if the reproduction is done privately not for the purpose of commercial exploitation;
(c) if the reproduction is done for the sole purpose of evaluation, analysis, research or teaching;
(d) to use the results of an evaluation, analysis or research of the layout-design (topography) to create a different layout-design (topography) that would be a protected layout-design (topography);
(e) for a qualified owner of a protected layout-design (topography) that is, as referred to in section 3(3), identical to the qualified owner's protected layout-design (topography) to do the acts referred to in section 4(1); or
(f) to commercially exploit an integrated circuit in which the layout-design (topography) is incorporated or an article that contains an integrated circuit in which the layout-design (topography) is incorporated after that integrated circuit or that article has been put on the market anywhere in the world with the qualified owner's consent.