Vikas Sharma

Sections 93–96 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: convention countries, reciprocity, removal of difficulties and the rule-making power3 Oct 2026 Sections 89–92 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: fees and surcharge, the saving for servants, the bar on registering ownership declarations under the Registration Act, 1908, and Government bound3 Oct 2026 Sections 83–88 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: address for service, who may act as agent, registration by an agent without authority, the indexes, public inspection and certified copies, and the report to Parliament3 Oct 2026 Sections 78–82 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: the Registrar's preliminary advice on originality, registered users as parties, evidence of register entries and the certificate of validity3 Oct 2026 Sections 72–77 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: the Registrar's civil-court powers, costs and review, the right to be heard, evidence by affidavit, death of a party, extension of time and abandonment3 Oct 2026 Sections 68–71 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: security of India, protection for good-faith acts, public servants, and the seller's implied warranty that a registration is genuine3 Oct 2026 Sections 63–67 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: offences by companies, cognizance only on a written complaint, costs of prosecution or defence, protection of informers and abetment of acts outside India3 Oct 2026 Sections 60–62 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: forfeiture of goods on conviction, the employee's defence, and the three-month adjournment when the accused pleads that the registration is invalid3 Oct 2026 Sections 56–59 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: punishment for knowing and wilful infringement, falsely representing a design as registered, falsely claiming connection with the Registry and falsifying the register3 Oct 2026 Sections 54 and 55 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: the High Courts' power to make rules and the transitional provision naming the Intellectual Property Appellate Board3 Oct 2026 Sections 50–53 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: references on two-year commercial exploitation, permitted use by the Government, the Registrar's costs and appeals to the High Court, as enacted3 Oct 2026 Sections 45–49 of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000: bar on former members appearing, conditions for interim orders, transfer of cases, rectification before the Board and the Registrar's appearance, as enacted3 Oct 2026