Law of Patents Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits 1

Acts mentioned in Article 51(b) of this Law shall not be deemed an infringement, if exercised or ordered to be performed by a person who does not know or has no reasonable grounds to know-when acquiring the integrated circuit or the commodity incorporating such circuit– that it incorporated an unlawfully reproduced design. He may perform these acts in relation to the stock in his possession or that which he ordered before receiving sufficient notice that the design was unlawfully reproduced. He shall, however, pay the owner of the certificate of design a fair compensation estimated by the Committee on the basis of licenses granted pursuant to contractual negotiations. Law of Patents, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Varieties, and Industrial Designs Chapter 4: Provisions Governing the Protection of New Plant Varieties