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Code Of Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979) - Sect 29

Ownership and right to protection of industrial design

29.
(1) The right to obtain protection of an industrial design belongs to its owner.
(2) Subject to section 31 the owner of an industrial design is its creator or his succesor in title.
(3) Where two or more persons have jointly created an industrial design, the right to obtain protection shall belong to them jointly;
(4) Subject to sections 30 and 31 the person who makes the first application for the registration of an industrial design or the person who first validly claims the earliest priority for his application shall be deemed to be the creator of such industrial design.

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