68
Laws of Malaysia
Act 332
(4) In any action brought by the exclusive licensee by virtue
of this section, any defence which would have been available to
a defendant in the action, if this section had not been enacted and
the action have been brought by the owner of the copyright, shall
be available to that defendant as against the exclusive licensee.
(5) Where an action is brought in the circumstances mentioned
in subsection (3) and the owner of the copyright and the exclusive
licensee are not plaintiffs in the action, the court, in assessing
damages in respect of any infringement as is mentioned in that
subsection—
(a) if the plaintiff is the exclusive licensee, shall take into
account any liabilities (in respect of royalties or otherwise)
to which the licence is subject; and
(b) whether the plaintiff is the owner of the copyright or the
exclusive licensee, shall take into account any pecuniary
remedy awarded to the other party under section 37 in
respect of that infringement, or, as the case may require,
any right of action exercisable to the other party under
that section in respect thereof.
(6) Where an action, in so far as it is brought under section
37, relates (wholly or partly) to an infringement in respect of
which the owner of the copyright and the exclusive licensee
have concurrent rights of action under that section, and in that
section (whether they are both parties to it or not) an account of
profits is directed to be taken in respect of that infringement, then
subject to any agreement of which the court is aware whereby the
application of those profits is determined as between the owner of
the copyright and the exclusive licensee, the court shall apportion
the profits between them as the court may consider just and shall
give such directions as the court may consider appropriate for
giving effect to the apportionment.
(7) In an action brought either by the owner of the copyright
or by the exclusive licensee—
(a) no judgment or order for the payment of damages or
statutory damages in respect of an infringement of
copyright shall be given or made under section 37,
if a final judgment or order has been given or made
awarding an account of profits to the other party under
that section in respect of the same infringement; and
(b) no judgment or order for an account of profit in respect
of an infringement of copyright shall be given or made
under that section, if a final judgment or order has