Section 3—Right to Registration

(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claimed priority date, shall have the right to register the industrial design, as long as the application is not withdrawn, abandoned or rejected.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.