1S 572/2017

First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 6 October 2017 at 5 pm.

No. S 572
COPYRIGHT ACT(CHAPTER 63)
COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 202 of the CopyrightAct, the Minister for Law makes the following Regulations:Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations are the Copyright (Amendment) Regulations
2017 and come into operation on 30 October 2017.
Amendment of regulation 12
2. Regulation 12 of the Copyright Regulations (Rg 4) is amended ––(a) by deleting paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting thefollowing paragraphs:“(1) For the purposes of section 74 of the Act, a design
is deemed to be applied industrially to articles, if ––(a) the design is applied to one or more articles(not being hand‑made articles) that are
manufactured in lengths or in pieces;(b) the design is applied to more than 50 articles,no 2 or more of which are part of the same setof articles; or(c) all of the following apply:(i) the design is applied to articles andnon‑physical products;(ii) the total of the number of those articles, andthe number of those non‑physical productsthat can be projected simultaneously by one
or more activated devices for projecting
non‑physical products, is more than 50;

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2(iii) no 2 or more of those articles andnon‑physical products are part of any of
the following:(A) the same set of articles;(B) the same set of non‑physicalproducts;(C) the same set of articles andnon‑physical products.
(2) For the purposes of section 74 of the Act, a design
is deemed to be applied industrially to non‑physicalproducts, if ––(a) all of the following apply:(i) the design is applied to non‑physicalproducts;(ii) more than 50 of those non‑physical products
can be projected simultaneously by one
or more activated devices for projecting
non‑physical products;(iii) no 2 or more of those non‑physical products
are part of the same set of non‑physicalproducts; or(b) all of the following apply:(i) the design is applied to articles andnon‑physical products;(ii) the total of the number of those articles, andthe number of those non‑physical productsthat can be projected simultaneously by one
or more activated devices for projecting
non‑physical products, is more than 50;(iii) no 2 or more of those articles andnon‑physical products are part of any of
the following:(A) the same set of articles;(B) the same set of non‑physicalproducts;(C) the same set of articles andnon‑physical products.

3S 572/2017(2A) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), thedate on which the design is applied to an article or anon‑physical product is irrelevant.”; and(b) by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following
paragraphs:“(4) In this regulation, a device for projecting anon‑physical product ––(a) is any device that when activated projects thenon‑physical product on a surface or into amedium (including air); and(b) includes any product or component that is used inor with a device mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a)to project the non‑physical product on a surface
or into a medium (including air).
(5) In this regulation, “set of articles”, “set of articles
and non‑physical products” and “set of non‑physicalproducts” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) ofthe Registered Designs Act (Cap. 266).”.
Saving and transitional provision
3. Despite regulation 2, regulation 12 of the Copyright Regulations
as in force immediately before 30 October 2017 continues to apply
to or in relation to an artistic work, if a corresponding design
has been applied industrially before that date in accordance withregulation 12 of the Copyright Regulations as in force immediately
before that date.
[G.N. No. S 130/2015]

Made on 5 October 2017.
NG HOW YUE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.
[LAW 18/001/005 Vol. 3; AG/LEGIS/SL/63/2015/2 Vol. 1]