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Vistara Microsystems, Bengaluru, has its layout-design registered under the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000. A client asks where the official record of all registered layout-designs, with the proprietors' names, addresses and descriptions, is kept. Where is the Register of Layout-Designs kept?

The Register of Layout-Designs is kept at the head office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry. It records all registered layout-designs with the proprietors' names, addresses and descriptions, plus other prescribed matters, as Section 6(1) of the 2000 Act provides.

  1. AAt the head office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design RegistryCorrect
  2. BAt the registered office of each proprietor
  3. COnly at the Appellate Board's principal bench
  4. DAt the office of the Central Government's notified Gazette press

Explanation

Section 6(1) provides that the Register of Layout-Designs is kept at the head office of the Registry. It contains registered layout-designs with the proprietors' names, addresses and descriptions and other prescribed matters. The Appellate Board and proprietors do not keep the register.

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