13Who is entitled to be registered as the registered owner of a design

13 Who is entitled to be registered as the registered owner of a design

(1) A person mentioned in any of the following paragraphs is entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design that has not yet been registered: (a) the person who created the design (the designer); (b) if the designer created the design in the course of employment, or under a contract, with another person—the other person, unless the designer and the other person have agreed to the contrary; (c) a person who derives title to the design from a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), or by devolution by will or by operation of law; (d) a person who would, on registration of the design, be entitled to have the exclusive rights in the design assigned to the person; (e) the legal personal representative of a deceased person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). (2) Despite subsection (1), a person is not entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design that has not yet been registered if: (a) the person has assigned all of the person’s rights in the design to another person; or (b) the person’s rights in the design have devolved on another person by operation of law. (3) To avoid doubt: (a) more than one person may be entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design; and (b) unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the registered owner of a registered design in this Act is a reference to each of the registered owners of the design. (4) No person other than a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) is entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design that has not yet been registered.