(1) Where a person creates an industrial design, the right to the registration of that industrial design
belongs to the creator.
(2) Where two or more persons create the same industrial design, the right to registration of that
industrial design belongs to them jointly.
(3) Where two or more persons have created the same industrial design independently of each other,
the person whose application has the earliest filing date or, if priority is claimed, the earliest validly
claimed priority date, shall have the right to register the industrial design, as long as the application is
not withdrawn, abandoned or rejected.
(4) The right to an industrial design may be assigned, transferred or devolve by succession.
(5) Where an industrial design is created in execution of an employment contract, the right to
registration of the industrial design belongs, in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, to
the employer.
Section 4—Naming the Creator
(1) The creator shall be named the creator in the registration of the industrial design unless the creator
indicates in a special written declaration signed by the creator and addressed to the Registrar that the
creator does not wish to be named.
(2) A promise or an undertaking by the creator made to any person to the effect that the creator will
make a declaration referred to in subsection (1) is void.
Section 5—Application
(1) A person may apply to the Registrar for the registration of an industrial design.