Search Legislation

The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

 Help about what version

What Version

  • Latest available (Revised)
  • Original (As made)

Status:

This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 1833

DESIGNS

The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Made

10th July 2006

Laid before Parliament

10th July 2006

Coming into force

1st August 2006

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to intellectual property (including both registered and unregistered rights)(2).

Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.

Amendment to the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989

2.  The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989(3) shall be amended as follows.

3.  For regulation 4(2) there shall be substituted—

(2) Part III of the Act has effect as if for section 217(3) there was substituted the following—

(3) In this section “qualifying country” means—

(a)the United Kingdom,

(b)another member State,

(c)the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, the Channel Islands or any colony,

(d)a country listed in the Schedule to the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989..

4.  For the Schedule to those Regulations (additional classes of qualifying persons)(4) there shall be substituted the Schedule (qualifying countries) set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations (new schedule for the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989).

Revocations

5.  The instruments set out in Schedule 2 (revocations) are revoked to the extent specified.

Sainsbury of Turville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation

Department of Trade and Industry

10th July 2006

regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1NEW SCHEDULE FOR THE DESIGN RIGHT (SEMICONDUCTOR TOPOGRAPHIES) REGULATIONS 1989

SCHEDULEQUALIFYING COUNTRIES

  • Albania

  • Angola

  • Antigua and Barbuda

  • Argentina

  • Armenia

  • Australia

  • Bahrain, Kingdom of

  • Bangladesh

  • Barbados

  • Belize

  • Benin

  • Bolivia

  • Botswana

  • Brazil

  • Brunei Darussalam

  • Bulgaria

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

  • Cambodia

  • Cameroon

  • Canada

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Chile

  • China

  • Colombia

  • Congo

  • Costa Rica

  • Côte d'Ivoire

  • Croatia

  • Cuba

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Djibouti

  • Dominica

  • Dominican Republic

  • Ecuador

  • Egypt

  • El Salvador

  • Fiji

  • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  • French overseas territories

  • Gabon

  • The Gambia

  • Georgia

  • Ghana

  • Grenada

  • Guatemala

  • Guinea

  • Guinea Bissau

  • Guyana

  • Haiti

  • Honduras

  • Hong Kong

  • Iceland

  • India

  • Indonesia

  • Israel

  • Jamaica

  • Japan

  • Jordan

  • Kenya

  • Korea, Republic of

  • Kuwait

  • Kyrgyz Republic

  • Lesotho

  • Liechtenstein

  • Macao, China

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Malaysia

  • Maldives

  • Mali

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Mexico

  • Moldova

  • Mongolia

  • Morocco

  • Mozambique

  • Myanmar

  • Namibia

  • Nepal

  • Netherlands Antilles

  • New Zealand

  • Nicaragua

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Norway

  • Oman

  • Pakistan

  • Panama

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Qatar

  • Romania

  • Rwanda

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Saint Lucia

  • Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Senegal

  • Sierra Leone

  • Singapore

  • Solomon Islands

  • South Africa

  • Sri Lanka

  • Suriname

  • Swaziland

  • Switzerland

  • Chinese Taipei

  • Tanzania

  • Thailand

  • Togo

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Tunisia

  • Turkey

  • Uganda

  • United Arab Emirates

  • United States of America

  • Uruguay

  • Venezuela

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

regulation 5

SCHEDULE 2REVOCATIONS

Title and numberExtent of revocation
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/2147)The whole Regulations.
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (SI 1990/1003)The whole Regulations.
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991/2237)The whole Regulations.
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/400)The whole Regulations.
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (SI 1993/2497)The whole Regulations.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/1100) (“1989 Regulations”) to give effect to the Council Decision of 22nd December 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from a member of the World Trade Organization (94/824/EC) (L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 201).

The 1989 Regulations modify the application of Part 3 (design right) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1989 (c. 48) (“1988 Act”) to semi-conductor topographies.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 4 of the 1989 Regulations. Regulation 4(2) of the 1989 Regulations included a modified version of section 217 of the 1988 Act. The new provision substituted by regulation 3 of these Regulations provides a modified version of section 217(3) of the 1988 Act. The rest of that section will therefore apply to topographies in its normal form.

Regulation 4 substitutes a new Schedule for the Schedule to the 1989 Regulations. The new Schedule includes a list of qualifying countries, other than member States of the European Community, which are parties to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Cm. 3044-6, 3080, 3263-4, 3268-9, 3271, 3275-7 and 3282)).

(4)

This Schedule has been substituted or amended by SI 1993/2497, 1992/400, 1991/2237, 1990/1003 and 1989/2147. All of these Instruments are revoked by this Instrument.

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Legislation is available in different versions:

Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.

Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.

Close

Opening Options

Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once

Close

Explanatory Memorandum

Explanatory Memorandum sets out a brief statement of the purpose of a Statutory Instrument and provides information about its policy objective and policy implications. They aim to make the Statutory Instrument accessible to readers who are not legally qualified and accompany any Statutory Instrument or Draft Statutory Instrument laid before Parliament from June 2004 onwards.

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources
Close

More Resources

Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as made version that was used for the print copy
  • correction slips

Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:

  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • links to related legislation and further information resources