32. Ownership and right to protection of industrial design

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The right to obtain protection of an industrial design belongs to its owner.

(2)

Subject to provisions of section 34, the owner of an industrial design or his successor in title is its creator .

(3)

Where two or more persons have jointly created an industrial design, the right to obtain protection shall belong to them jointly :

Provided that a person who has merely assisted in the creation of an industrial design but has made no contribution of a creative nature shall not be deemed to be the creator or a co-creator of such industrial design.

(4)

Subject to the provisions of sections 33 and 34 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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