 
 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2008 No. 1434 
DESIGNS 
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) 
(No.2) Regulations 2008 
Made - - - - 5th June 2008 
Laid before Parliament 6th June 2008 
Coming into force - - 1st July 2008 
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European 
Communities Act 1972( a) in relation to intellectual property (including both registered and 
unregistered rights). 
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of  the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) 
of that Act, makes the following regulations. 
Citation and commencement 
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) 
(Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st July 2008. 
Amendment of the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989 
2. The Design Right (Semiconductor  Topographies) Regulations 1989( b) are amended as 
follows. 
3. In the Schedule to those Regulations (qualif ying countries) insert a reference to Vietnam, a 
reference to Tonga and a reference to Ukraine. 
 
 
 Baroness Morgan of Defrelin 
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for 
 Intellectual Property and Quality 
5th June 2008 Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 
                                                                                                                                                               
 
(a) 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 c. 51, section 27(1). 
(b) S.I. 1989/1100; amended by S.I. 2006/1833.  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part  of the Regulations) 
These Regulations amend the D esign Right (Semi conductor Topographies) Regulations 1989, 
which modify the application of Part 3 (design right) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 
1988 (c. 48) to semiconductor topographies and give  effect to the Council Decision of 22 
December 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor 
products to persons from a member of the World Trade Organisation (94/824/EC) (L 349, 
31.12.1994, p201). 
Regulation 3 updates t he Schedule to the 1989 Regulations, which lists qualifying countries, 
other than member States of the European Community, which are parties to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (incl uding the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights (Cm. 3044-6, 3080, 3263-4, 3268-9, 3271, 3275-7 and 3282)) (“TRIPS”), so as to take account of the accession to TRIPS of Vietnam, Tonga and Ukraine on 11 
January 2007, 27 July 2007 and 16 May 2008 respectively. 
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