Industrial Designs Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part V · Rights of Owner, Assignment and Transmission
29. Rights of owner are personal property
Feedback & supportThe rights of an owner with respect to a registered industrial design are personal property and are capable of assignment and transmission by operation of law.
owner
“owner” means the person who is registered as the owner of the registered industrial design or, if there are two or more such persons, each of those persons;
Subject to this Act, the laws applicable to ownership and devolution of personal property shall apply in relation to a registered design as they would apply in relation to other choses in action.
An assignment referred to in subsection (1) shall be in writing.
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