TITLE III
TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Article 20
Transfer of Rights
(1) The rights subsisting in an industrial design shall be transferable in whole or in part.
(2) Acts involving transfer of ownership, the licensing of the right of exploitation or the
assignment of that right, or a pledge or cancellation of a pledge, in respect of a design shall,
on pain of invalidity, be evidenced in writing.
Article 21
Recording of Acts in the Special Register
(1) The acts mentioned in Article 20 above shall not be binding on third parties unless
they are entered in the Special Register of Designs kept by the Organization. A record of
such acts shall be kept by the Organization.
(2) The Organization shall furnish to any person who so requests a copy of the entries
in the Special Register of Designs, and also a record of the entries concerning industrial
designs that are the subject of a pledge, or a certificate attesting the absence of any such
entries.
Article 22
Exercise of the Rights of Joint Owners
In the absence of any provision to the contrary between the parties, joint owners of a
registered design may separately transfer their shares, use the design and exercise the
exclusive rights conferred by Article 3 of this Annex, but may only jointly license a third
party to exploit the design.
TITLE IV
LICENSE CONTRACTS
Article 23
License Contract
(1) The owner of an industrial design may, by contract, license any person, whether
natural person or legal entity, to exploit the said design.
(2) The duration of the license may not be longer than that of the registration of the
design.
(3) The license contract shall be evidenced in writing and signed by the contracting
parties on pain of invalidity.
(4) The license contract shall be entered in the Special Register of Designs kept by the
Organization, on payment of a fee fixed by regulation; the license shall not be enforceable
against third parties until so entered.
(5) The entry concerning a license shall be removed at the request of the owner of the
design or the licensee when evidence is given of the expiration of the license.