(c) the performance of any of the acts referred to in subsection (2)(b), where the act is performed in
respect of
(i) a protected layout‐design that has been put on the market by or with the consent of the right holder;
or
(ii) an integrated circuit in which the layout‐design is incorporated has been put on the market by or
with the consent of the right holder;
(d) the performance of any of the acts referred to in subsection (2)(b) in respect of
(i) an integrated circuit which incorporates an unlawfully reproduced layout‐design; or
(ii) an article incorporating such an integrated circuit
where the person performing or ordering the act did not know or had no reasonable grounds to know at
the time when acquiring the integrated circuit, that it incorporated an unlawfully reproduced layout‐
design;
(e) the performance of any of the acts referred to in subsection (2)(b) where the act is performed in
respect of an identical layout‐design which is original and has been created independently by a third
party.
(4) Where the person who performs or orders the acts under paragraph (d) of subsection (3) receives
sufficient notice that the layout‐design was unlawfully reproduced
(a) that person may perform any of the acts only with respect to the stock on hand or ordered before
notice was given; and