Law of Patents Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits 1

The owner of a certificate of design may initiate an action before the Committee against any person who infringes upon his design by exploiting it without his consent inside the Kingdom. The performance of any of the following acts shall be deemed exploitation of the design: a) Reproducing the whole design or any original part of it, whether by incorporating it into an integrated circuit or otherwise. Acts relating to personal purposes, or scientific purposes such as research, analysis, education, or evaluation shall not be deemed infringement. b) Importing, selling, or distributing a design, or any integrated circuit in which a design is incorporated. The performance of any of the acts referred to in this paragraph in relation to any commodity that includes an integrated circuit shall also be deemed an act of infringement, if this circuit contains an unlawfully reproduced design.