also a record of the entries concerning utility models that are the subject of a pledge, or a
certificate attesting the absence of any such entries.
Article 30
Exploitation as of Right of the Utility Model
and Improvements to It
(1) Those persons who have obtained from the owner of a certificate of registration of a
utility model or from entitled persons the right to exploit the utility model shall benefit as of
right from improvements made by the owner of the utility model or by the entitled persons to
the said model. Conversely, the said owner or entitled persons shall benefit from
improvements subsequently made to the utility model by those persons having obtained the
right to exploit the said model.
(2) Any person entitled to benefit from the said improvements may provide the
Organization with a copy of the relevant contract.
Article 31
License Contract
(1) The owner of a certificate of registration of a utility model may, by contract, grant
to a person, whether natural person or legal entity, a license enabling him to exploit the
registered utility model.
(2) The duration of the license may not be longer than that of the utility model
registration.
(3) The license contract shall be drawn up in writing and signed by the parties.
(4) The license contract shall be entered in the Special Register of Utility Models. It
shall not be binding on third parties until it is entered in the said Register and published in the
form specified in the Implementing Regulations relating to this Annex.
(5) The license shall be cancelled from the Register at the request of the owner of the
certificate of registration of the utility model or the licensee on presentation of proof of the
expiry or termination of the license contract.
(6) In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the license contract, the grant of a
license shall not preclude the licensor from either granting licenses to other persons, subject to
notifying the licensee, or exploiting the registered utility model himself.
(7) The grant of an exclusive license shall preclude the licensor from granting licenses
to other persons and, in the absence of provisions to the contrary in the license contract, from
exploiting the registered utility model himself.
Article 32
Invalid Clauses
(1) Clauses in license contracts or relating to such contracts shall be invalid in so far as
they impose on the licensee, in the industrial or commercial sphere, restrictions not deriving
from the rights conferred by the certificate of registration of the utility model or not necessary
for the upholding of such rights.
(2) The following shall not be considered restrictions within the meaning of paragraph
(1) above: