THE SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LAYOUT-DESIGN ACT, 2000
An Act to provide for the protection of semiconductor integrated circuits layout-designs and for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS the Final Act embodying the results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade
Negotiations done at Marrakesh on the 15th day of April, 1994 provides for establishment of the World
Trade Organisation;
AND WHEREAS the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is part of the
said Final Act;
AND WHEREAS the Government of India, having ratified the said Final Act, should, inter alia, make
provisions for giving effect to section 6 in Part II of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights relating to Layout-Design (Topographies) of Integrated Ci
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