Industrial Designs Act, 2001

Treatment of author of design.

19.—(1) The author of a design shall be treated as the first proprietor of the design unless the design is created by an employee in the course of employment, in which case the employer is the first proprietor of the design, subject to any agreement to the contrary.

(2) Where a design becomes vested, whether by assignment, transmission or operation of law, in any person other than the first proprietor either alone or jointly with the first proprietor, that other person, or as the case may be, the first proprietor and that other person shall be treated as the proprietor of the design.

(3) Where the first proprietor of a design is not the author of the design, the author shall have the right to be cited as the author in the application for registration and in the Register.