(2) Where the layout‐design is registered, a change in ownership shall, at the request of an interested
party made to the Registrar, be recorded and published by the Registrar and the change shall have no
effect against third parties until it has been recorded.
Section 11—Contractual Licences
A licence contract concerning a layout‐design shall, upon registration of the layout‐design, be submitted
to the Registrar who shall keep its contents confidential but shall publish a reference to it and the
licence contract shall have no effect against third parties until the submission has been made.
Section 12—Cancellation
(1) An interested person may apply to the Court for the cancellation of the registration of a layout‐
design on the grounds that
(a) the layout‐design does not qualify as a layout‐design of an integrated circuit as provided for under
this act;
(b) the layout‐design is not protectable under sections 1 and 2;
(c) the right holder is not entitled to protection under section 3; or
(d) where the layout‐design has been commercially exploited anywhere in the world, before the filing of
the application for registration of the layout‐design, the application was not filed within the time limit
referred to in sections 1(2) and 5(a).
(2) Where the grounds for cancellation are established with respect to only a part of the layout‐design,
only the corresponding part of the registration shall be cancelled.