Cap 522 s 32 Nature of registered design (REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	522	Title:	REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	32	Heading:	Nature of registered design	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) A registered design is personal property and any registered design, and any right in or under it, may be transferred, created or granted in accordance with subsections (2) to (7).
(2) Subject to section 33, any registered design, and any right in or under it, may be assigned or mortgaged.
(3) A registered design shall vest by operation of law in the same way as any other personal property and may be vested by an assent of personal representatives.
(4) Subject to section 33, a licence may be granted under any registered design for the use of the design and-

(a) to the extent that the licence so provides, a sub-licence may be granted under any such licence and any such licence or sub-licence may be assigned or mortgaged; and

(b) any such licence or sub-licence shall vest by operation of law in the same way as any other personal property and may be vested by an assent of personal representatives.

(5) Subsections (2) to (4) shall have effect subject to this Ordinance.
(6) Any of the following transactions, that is to say-

(a) any assignment or mortgage of a registered design or any right in or under it; or

(b) any assent relating to a registered design or any right in or under it,

shall be void unless it is in writing and is signed by or on behalf of the assignor, mortgagor or party granting such assent as the case may be (or, in the case of an assent or other transaction by a personal representative, by or on behalf of the personal representative) or, in the case of a body corporate, is so signed or is under the seal of that body.
(7) An assignment of a registered design or a share in it, and an exclusive licence granted under any registered design, may confer on the assignee or licensee the right of the assignor or licensor to bring proceedings by virtue of section 48 or to bring proceedings under section 40 for a previous act.