dimensions reasonably required for the making of the article) does not infringe the copyright in an artistic work if, when the useful article or reproduction is made, the artistic work has been industrially applied in Singapore or in any other country more than 15 years before the useful article or reproduction is made.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an artistic work is applied industrially if—
- (a) more than 50 reproductions in three dimensions are made of it, for the purposes of sale or hire; or
- (b) it is reproduced in three dimensions in one or more articles manufactured in lengths, for the purposes of sale or hire; or
- (c) it is reproduced as a plate which has been used to produce—
- (i) more than 50 reproductions of an object in three dimensions for the purposes of sale or hire; or
- (ii) one or more articles in three dimensions manufactured in lengths for the purposes of sale or hire.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), two or more reproductions in three dimensions which are of the same general character and intended for use together are a single reproduction.
(4) In this section, “useful article” means an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information.
(5) For the purposes of this section, an article that is normally part of a useful article is considered a useful article.
Reproduction of part of work in later work
71.—(1) The copyright in an artistic work is not infringed by the making of a later artistic work by the same author if, in making the later work, the author does not repeat or imitate the main design of the earlier work.
(2) Subsection (1) shall have effect notwithstanding that part of the earlier work is reproduced in the later work and that, in reproducing the later work, the author used a mould, cast, sketch, plan, model or study made for the purposes of the earlier work.
