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CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989 - List of Sections

Section

Compilation Information

Long Title

CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Part 1—Preliminary

1. Short title [ see Note 1]
2. Commencement [ see Note 1]
3. Extension to external Territories
4. Act binds the Crown
5. Interpretation
6. Residence not affected by temporary absence
7. Application to circuit layouts made before commencement
8. Commercial exploitation
9. Exclusive right
10. Making an eligible layout
11. Originality
12. Licence of owner of EL rights
13. Substantial part of eligible layout
14. References to all joint makers
15. References to any one or more joint makers
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Part II—EL rights in eligible layouts

CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 1—Ownership and nature of EL rights


16. Ownership of EL rights
17. Nature of EL rights
18. EL rights to subsist without regard to makers who are not eligible persons
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 2—Infringement of EL rights


19. Infringement
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 3—Acts that are not infringements of EL rights


20. Innocent commercial exploitation
21. Copying for private use
22. Copying for research or teaching purposes
23. Evaluation or analysis
24. Commercial exploitation of eligible layouts previously exploited under licence
25. Use for purposes of defence or security
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Part III—Remedies for infringements of El rights

CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 1—Preliminary


26. Application of Part to counterclaims
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 2—Actions by owner of EL rights


27. Actions for infringement
28. Limitation of actions
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 3—Proceedings where EL rights subject to exclusive
licence


29. Application
30. Rights of exclusive licensee
31. Joinder of owner or exclusive licensee as a party
32. Defences available against exclusive licensee
33. Assessment of damages where exclusive licence granted
34. Apportionment of profits between owner and exclusive licensee
35. Separate actions in relation to the same infringement
36. Liability for costs
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 4—Proof of facts in actions


37. Presumptions as to subsistence and ownership of EL rights
38. Affidavit evidence
39. Evidentiary labels
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Division 5—Jurisdiction and appeals


40. Exercise of jurisdiction
41. Appeals
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Part IV—Miscellaneous

42. Eligible foreign countries
43. Limitation on power of courts to grant relief in proceedings under this Act
44. Prospective ownership of EL rights
45. Assignments and licences of EL rights
46. Groundless threats of legal proceedings
47. Jurisdiction of Federal Court of Australia
48. Regulations
49. Consequential amendments of other Acts
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Schedule—Consequential amendments

CIRCUIT LAYOUTS ACT 1989
Notes to the Circuit Layouts Act 1989

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