Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act—

Court” means the High Court;

integrated circuit” means a product, in its final form or an intermediate form in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed in and on a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function;

layout-design” is synonymous with “topography” and means the 3-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and of some or all of the inter-connections of an integrated circuit, or such a 3-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture;

Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for intellectual property is assigned;

Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property;

Register” means the Register of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits;

right holder” means the person who is to be regarded as the beneficiary of the protection referred to in section 6.