law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  25.
  
     Registration
  
  as registered user.
  1.   Where it is proposed
  
  that a person should be registered as a registered user of a layout-design, the
  
  registered proprietor and the proposed registered user shall jointly apply in
  
  writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner and every such application
  
  shall be accompanied by-
  a.  
  
    the
  
  agreement in writing or a duly authenticated copy thereof, entered into between
  
  the registered proprietor and the proposed registered user with respect to the
  
  permitted use of the layout-design; and
  b.  
  
    an
  
  affidavit made by the registered proprietor or by some person authorised to the
  
  satisfaction of Registrar to act on his behalf-
   
  
   i.  
  
    giving
  
  particulars of the relationship, existing or proposed, between the registered
  
  proprietor and the proposed registered user, including particulars showing the
  
  degree of control by the proprietor over the permitted use which the
  
  relationship will confer and whether it is a term of their relationship that
  
  the proposed registered user shall be sole registered user or that there shall
  
  be any other restriction as to persons for whose registration as registered
  
  user application may be made;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    stating
  
  the conditions or restrictions, if any, proposed with respect to the place of
  
  permitted use or any other matter;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    stating
  
  whether the permitted use to be for a period or without limit of period, and,
  
  if for a period, the duration thereof; and
  a.  
  
     
  b.  
  
     
  c.  
  
    such
  
  further documents or other evidence as may be required by the Registrar or as
  
  may be prescribed.
  1.     
  2.   Where the requirement
  
  of sub-section (1) have been complied with, the Registrar shall register
  
  the proposed registered user.
  3.   The Registrar shall
  
  issue notice in the prescribed manner of the registration of a person as a
  
  registered user to other registered users of the layout-design, if any.
  4.   The Registrar shall,
  
  if so requested by the applicant, take steps of securing that information given
  
  for the purposes of an application under this section (other than matters
  
  entered in the register) is not disclosed to rivals in trade.